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Gordon Chan is a member of Alfred K C Fung Chambers, Hong Kong’s leading medical set. Trained as a biochemist, he worked at a major public hospital and has extensive experience in the medicolegal and healthcare fields, particularly in clinical matters.

As a former legal trainee at the Department of Justice, Gordon received intensive training in criminal prosecutions, appeals, medicolegal, and human rights cases. During that time, he conducted trials independently and assisted in high-profile cases. He also advised law enforcement agencies on prosecutions related to food, drugs, and healthcare institutions.

Gordon now regularly advises on medicolegal issues, especially those concerning the clinical management of patients. His experience spans across death inquests, disciplinary inquiries, criminal investigations, regulatory regimes, contractual and commercial matters in medical practice. His unique medical and legal knowledge enables him to provide comprehensive and insightful advice.

Gordon’s experience in medicine and science extends to criminal cases of a medical or technical nature, such as homicide, sexual offences, or those involving technology and even arms and ammunition.

With this breadth of experience, Gordon regularly addresses novel and complex legal issues. He acted as a sole advocate in criminal appeals at all levels of courts — up to the Court of Final Appeal.

Whilst with the Prosecutions Division of the DOJ, Gordon had considered defence proposals for binding over (ONE/BO) and plea bargaining. He now regularly makes representations to the prosecution on these matters.

Gordon’s practice has become increasingly cross-border. Foreign law firms have approached him, and he regularly advises and acts for foreign nationals located in Hong Kong and abroad, including Australia, Russia, and Mainland China. Gordon also had a period on secondment to a medicolegal law firm in Singapore for further training.

In addition to extensive media coverage, Gordon is a law lecturer and legal author. He writes for Archbold Hong Kong — the authoritative reference on criminal law, and Halsbury Laws of Hong Kong — the local adaptation of the highly esteemed series of law encyclopaedias.