Professional Qualifications

• Call (Hong Kong): 2016

Appointments

• Temporary Deputy Registrar, District Court (periods in 2024, 2025, & 2026)
• Deputy Magistrate (periods in 2022, 2023, & 2024)
• Chairman, Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings Ordinance, Cap.123) (since 2024)

Practice

Familiar with cases in connection with online fraud, asset tracing & recovery, underground banking, virtual currencies, and money exchange & remittance operators, Y. H. CHAN is frequently instructed to represent victims of scam and business entities receiving problematic funding. He is also instructed to handle matters concerning regulation, licensing, and compliance under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance. 

He,sitting in court, frequently hearing substantive arguments for interloctuory applications, has a wealth of experience in chambers hearings.

Of particular note is his advocacy and advisory work in disciplinary proceedings acting for complainees in various professions (such as Medical Council, Veterinary Surgeons Board, Occupational Therapists Board, Insurance Authority etc.) (a full list available upon request).

In the first year of his practice, in a jury trial in High Court, Y. H. CHAN defended his client against ketamine trafficking indictment. In the sixth year, he was appointed to sit as a Deputy Magistrate hearing various types of criminal cases.

He is experienced in defending and advising in a broad range of regulatory offences of immense difficulty and technicality, some of which attracted notable publicity. On his own, he is also repeatedly instructed to advise on and conduct magistracy appeals.

Education and Awards

• P.C.LL.
• J.D.
• B.A., University of Hong Kong (1st Class Honours) (Dean’s Honours List)

Selected Cases

Injunctions

• Woo Alexander Kin v. Huaxinf Trade Limited & Anor (HCA1263/2021) – obtaining proprietary and Marvea Injunction on behelf of online fraud victim
• Advantage Tankers LLC v. Honestar Electronics Limited (HCA377/2021) – obtaining proprietary and Marvea injunction on behalf of email fraud victim
• Chan Ting-ting v. Zhang Qingrun & Ors (HCA727/2020) – discharging injunction attached to an account receiving dissipated funds summarily on return date
• Universal Exports Group ltd v. Zechin Technology Co Ltd (CACV52/2017) (HCA2613/2016) – setting first instance judge’s decision aside on appeal

Committal / Contempt

• Create Together Technology Co., Ltd v. Kong Hok Fung (HCMP2295/2024) – committing defendant who breached Mareva injunction order by dissipation of assets to 2-month-imprisonment 

Equal Opportunities

• Temporosa, Ma. Carla Arangote, the executrix of the estate of Guting, Joan Sarmiento, deceased v. Choy Chiu Yee Rita (DCEO13/2019) – defending an employer in a disability discrimination and wrongful dismissal case commenced by a domestic helper, whose claims are all dismissed after trial

Professional Negligence

• claiming against a solicitor firm in a conveyancing matter for cash rebates from developer on behalf of two purchasers in a High Court action
• claiming against a dentist for his negligent treatment on behalf of a patient in a District Court action

Family

• C. v. R. (HCMP1080/2021) – obtaining declaration under The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction against a parent who wrongfully removed the family child out of jurisdiction
• HCY v. LMH (FCMP127/2024) – obtaining order allowing mother to urgently remove minor out of jurisdiction

Probate

• Sun Man Wai Kennis v. Lui Wai Yee Eunice (HCMP505/2022) – removing administratrix and appointed a substitute
• Lai Wai Ming v. Lai Ching Lung & Anor (HCA1989/2018) – claiming against administrator for wrongfully transferring interest of landed properties in breach of fiduciary duties

Companies

• Lam Siu Ming, deceased & Anor v. Mantex Engineering Limited (HCMP1833/2023) – obtaining an order convening an extraordinary general meeting to pass a resolution appointing applicant as director

Criminal

• HKSAR v. N.L.T. (CAAR3/2023) – resisting sentence review for an arson case, where the Defendant was eventually sentenced with suspended sentence
• HKSAR v. Choi Kang-shun (HCCC412/2016) – defending in a jury trial where defendant was indicted to have trafficked 193g of ketamine

Others

• available on Judiciary's website: <judgments in English> and <judgments in Chinese>

Selected Publications

• Y.H. Chan (2013, 08 04). “A New Shenzhen-Hong Kong Border Control Measure”. Border Criminologies, the Centre of Criminology, the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
• Y.H. Chan (2013, 08 03). “Transsexual Persons Can Get Married in Hong Kong in a Year’s Time”. Oxford Human Rights Hub, the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Re-published in print in the First Annual Anthology “Global Perspectives on Human Rights: Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog 2012-13” (May 2014)
• Y.H. Chan (2013, 07 22). “Latest Development in Hong Kong Non-Refoulement Policies”. Border Criminologies, the Centre of Criminology, the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
• Y.H. Chan (2013, 06 13). “Why did the NSA whistle-blower choose Hong Kong?”. Border Criminologies, the Centre of Criminology, the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
• Y.H. Chan (2013, 05 27). “Infant milk formula trading in Hong Kong”. Border Criminologies, the Centre of Criminology, the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.