Teresa Yu
2021 (HK)
Teresa joined Garden Chambers after reading law and serving pupillage with Mr Derek Chan S.C., Mr Charles J. Chan., Mr Stanley Siu, Ms Queenie Ng, and Mr Felix Li. In developing a broad mixed practice, Teresa has a particular focus on commercial disputes and land and trust related matters, as well as family law disputes. Teresa has advised and advocated for clients in a wide variety of civil and criminal matters and has, both as a sole advocate and a led junior, appeared in all levels of Court in her own right. In all cases, she is committed to resolving the disputes amicably wherever possible, and, where necessary, fight for respective clients in their best interests in mind.
Outside court, Teresa also accepts urgent engagement for legal visits and/or advice and saves no effort in contributing her time to the legal industry by accepting appointments from different institutions and organising events for budding and young legal talents and undertaking pro-bono legal services via multiple schemes.
Teresa’s diligent, accurate and eloquent advisory and advocacy are widely recognised in both Chinese and English matters.
P.C.LL. | City University of Hong Kong
LL.B. (Hons.) | City University of Hong Kong | First Class Honours & Dean' s List
2023 – present
Member of the Standing Committee on Young Barristers of the Hong Kong Bar Association
Civil Cases
Lead Good Group Ltd v. Creditland Group Ltd And Others [2025] HKCFI 3646
• Counsel for the Defendant in appealing against Master’s decision in granting the charging order absolute over a listed company’s shares.
Au Tze Pui v. Chow Wing Man [2025] HKCFI 2526
• Counsel for the Plaintiff in successfully applied for an order for contempt of court after trial against the Defendant for his misappropriation of the company’s assets in breach of undertaking.
YS International Property Development Limited v Wellfirm Holdings Limited & Anor [2025] HKCFI 2754
• Counsel for the Plaintiff in an 8-day trial (sole advocate) involving a breach of an oral contract concerning agency commission related to the sale and purchase of a property through the transfer of a company’s shares.
Chow Wing Man v. Au Tze Pui And Another [2025] 1 HKLRD 922
• Counsel for the Defendants in successfully discharging the interlocutory injunction order.
RE HU SIYUN [2025] HKCFI 579
• Counsel for the Debtor in disputing the underlying debt of over HK$30 million by virtue of the Limitation Ordinance.
Ng Kit Ming v. The Registrar of Companies and Others [2025] HKCFI 883
• Counsel for the Plaintiff in seeking a declaration that the documents filed with the Company Registry be set aside an injunction restraining the Defendant claiming to be a director of the Company.
Elite Union Property Limited v Wong Hoi Sze [2025] HKCFI 3284
• Counsel for the Plaintiff in appealing against the decision of small claim tribunal regarding disputes on the duty of care owed by an estate agent.
Data World Solutions Ltd. & Anor. v Chan Wing Cheong [2024] HKDC 66
• Counsel for the Defendants (led by Ms. Vivian Chan) in defending against the Plaintiff’s assertion of the misappropriation of the Intellectual Property rights by the Defendant at trial.
Chan Yuk Ping v Liew Shuk Fui [2024] HKDC 999
• Counsel for the Defendant (with Mr. Oscar Tam) in defending the tort of harassment and intimidation claim arising from nuisance matter in the assessment of damages trial.
Re Tong Wai Tak [2023] HKCFI 719 | Bankruptcy Court Review Trial
• Counsel for the Petitioning Creditor in review a dismissal of Bankruptcy Petition, securing a conditional grant of bankruptcy order.
TKY v. YSGA [2024] HKCA 689
· Counsel for the Petitioner in resisting the Respondent’s application for leave to appeal against a children judgment handed by the family court.
TKY v. YSGA [2025] 1 HKLRD 977
· Counsel for the Petitioner as the sole advocate in resisting the appeal against the legal costs provision order.
王 v. 羅 [2022] HKFC 198
· Counsel for the Respondent (led by Mr. Felix Li) in successfully seeking an anti-suit injunction order restraining the Petitioner from continuing divorce proceedings in the PRC.
Criminal Cases
HKSAR v.EBHONUN AKONJIE ALEX [2025]HKCA 520
· Counsel for the applicant (led by Mr Hanif Mughal) in an appeal against conviction for a count of manufacturing in a dangerous drug. Conviction quashed and sentence of 28 years set aside.
HKSAR v. LAU FUN [2024] HKCA 254
· Counsel for the applicant (led by Mr Hanif Mughal)in an application for leave to appeal against conviction for a count of attempting to traffic in a dangerous drug.
HKSAR v. CHAN KI FUNG AND ANOTHER [2024] HKCFI 671
· Counsel for the defendant (led by Mr Hanif Mughal)in a jury trial for a count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The defendant was acquitted after trial.
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. WONG WING-YI [2023] 2 HKLRD 365
· Counsel for the Respondent (led by Mr Hanif Mughal)in resisting an appeal by the Secretary for Justice against the order of discharging the respondent from prosecution for trafficking in a dangerous drug pursuant to s.16 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance.
HKSAR v. FONG YAU HEUNG [2022] 2 HKLRD 99
· Counsel for the appellant (led by Ms. Queenie Ng) in an appeal against sentence for a count of trafficking in dangerous drugs.
Other Members
Stanley Siu
Mr Siu is called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1996. He then practises as a barrister-at-law in Hong Kong continuously up to this date. He is also a mediator of CEDR and an adjunct professor of the University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE).
The practice of Mr Siu covers a wide range of land and commercial cases, particularly on adverse possession, easement, boundary disputes and New Territories practice involving Chinese customary laws, probate and succession cases and etc. Mr Siu appears for the Department of Justice and Legal Aid Department in criminal cases as well.
Mr Siu sat as Deputy District Judge for various periods in 2014, 2022 and 2023.
Mr Siu is an accredited CEDR mediator with wide experiences in civil and commercial mediation. He used to mediate in disputes involving the Hong Kong Hospital Authority in a medical negligence case, a leading dry-ice company of Hong Kong in a commercial dispute case, indigenous villagers over customary interest, property disputes and etc.
Since 1996, Mr Siu has devoted to legal education. He started teaching for HKU SPACE from 2001 onwards, mainly lecturing legal courses for government departments, including Customs and Excise Department, Correctional Services Department, Lands Department, Labour Department and etc. Mr Siu is now an Adjunct Professor of HKU SPACE.
With dedication to public welfare, Mr Siu served as legal advisor or member for various government boards, committees and other public organizations, including Transport Department, Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong, Public Affairs Forum, Incorporated Management Committee of a school of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and etc. He was the Chairman of the Appeal Tribunal Panel under the Buildings Ordinance between 2021 and 2024. Mr Siu is currently (2025 to 2027) the appointed member of the Disciplinary Board Panel of the Lands Department responsible for conducting inquiries of the disciplinary offences committed by authorized land surveyors under the Land Survey Ordinance.
Mr Siu is an active participant of the Free Legal Advice Scheme of the Duty Lawyer Service from 1997 onwards. His service is formally recognized and appreciated by the Home Affairs Bureau of the Government of HKSAR on two occasions.
In 2024, Mr Siu is qualified as a Chinese lawyer of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area of PRC. He is now also practising as a licensed lawyer at the Greater Bay Area of PRC.
Mr Siu is fluent in Putonghua, Cantonese and English and is ready to conducting court hearings, mediation and conferences in Putonghua, Cantonese and English.
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Hanif Mughal
Hanif Mughal is both a practising barrister and an academic. He accepts instructions in a broad range of both criminal and civil law, including interlocutory, trial, appellate and advisory cases. He has appeared as counsel in all levels of the courts in Hong Kong. As an academic, Hanif has extensive teaching experience in various law courses including the PCLL at the tertiary institutions of Hong Kong. He has held the position of Adjunct Professor.
Judgments in many cases that Hanif has handled are reported in the law reports.
For more information on the practice of Mr. Hanif Mughal, please contact the senior clerk of Garden Chambers.
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