Barrister-at-Law
Mr Gordon Chan and Ms Kimberlie Chu appeared as guest coaches on the latest season of the popular legal internship reality show An Exciting Offer Season 6 (令人心動的 offer 6), presenting a challenge focused on animal welfare.
It has long been the case that a driver does not need to stop in a traffic accident involving injuries to cats and dogs. That has changed since November 2021. Failing to stop in those cases is now a criminal offence.
Mr Gordon Chan discussed the new Government measures to tighten the cat trade in Hong Kong in an interview with Broadcast News Network, an online media run by journalism students from HKBU.
People love pets these days. We love giving them treats and head scratches. But on occasion, we do get hurt by these cute predators. When it does, what are the legal consequences for the pet owner?
Mr Gordon Chan talks about the potential criminal liability for those who sought to purchase dog meat on Now News.
On the same day (23/5), two persons were convicted of crimes related to cruelty to cats. In both cases, veterinarian evidence was essential in assessing the defendant’s culpability.
The brazen selling of cat and dog meat by a shop in the middle of Kowloon comes to an end with the storekeeper jailed.
Following complaints of animal yowling and missing dogs, an illegal poaching ground was discovered in Tseung Kwan O.
RTHK 32’s Hong Kong United 凝聚香港 interviewed Mr Gordon Chan on a disturbing recent discovery of a shop selling cat and dog meat under the guise of “M-meat” and “G-meat”.
The High Court recently dealt with a seemingly archaic issue of whether the innards of a dog are “dog meat”, the consumption of which had been banned since the 1950s.
