Barrister-at-Law
When your family disputes your mental capacity. In considering the mental incapacity of a person under Part II of the Mental Health Ordinance, the court is not bound to the opinion of the doctors, but will also make direct inquiries of the person in question.
Effective from 31 July 2026, advance medical directives are now part of the Hong Kong healthcare system. They improve end-of-life care for patients and show greater respect for their living will.
Mr Gordon Chan was selected as a delegate to the Law Society of Singapore x Hong Kong Bar Association Exchange Programme 2025, attached to Sreenivasan Chambers LLC, shadowing Sreenivasan Narayanan SC throughout August 2025.
Use of reproductive technology in Hong Kong is relaxing after more than two decades. From 1 December 2025, gametes for self-use can be frozen without a time limit.
East Week magazine interviewed Mr Gordon Chan regarding agencies arranging patients to undergo fertility treatment in licensed clinics in Hong Kong under a false pretence.
CRHK1 “On a Clear Day” interviewed Mr Gordon Chan about regulations on reproductive technologies, surrogacy, sex selection services, and the underlying medical ethics.
i-Cable News interviewed Mr Gordon Chan about a company suspected of offering surrogacy and sex selection services abroad.
A doctor being disciplined exposes a long-standing ethical problem in reproductive medicine – Some parents’ preference for the sex of their child. Which also leads to criminal liabilities.
We have all been to different kinds of doctors. Perhaps a GP, a cardiologist, a dermatologist or even an ophthalmologist. But who are these “specialists”? How are they different from GPs? A recent case touches upon these questions.
