Gordon Chan, Esq

Barrister-at-Law

Updates

No Property in a Body

It’s not common for people to argue over a dead body. However, as shown in a recent case, when they do, it is not a piece of property that can be inherited as part of the estate.

How retrospective is Huang Ruifang?

While Huang Ruifang (No 3) had reduced the sentence for trafficking certain dangerous drugs, a natural question follows: How far back does it apply to other cases?

The Right to Silence

Hong Kong remains one of the few places in the common law world where the right to silence is unaffected by legislation. The Court of Final Appeal examined different aspects of this right in two rulings over two years.

A Case of Identity

In a strange case of confusion, a lady was accused of failing to keep HKID records for her employees. Mr Gordon Chan persuaded the ImmD before the trial to withdraw the summonses and to bind over the lady instead.

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