Priscilia Lam SC and Kasper Fan represented the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (“HKA”) in Hong Kong’s first High Court trial involving Article 23 of the NSL
Priscilia Lam SC and Kasper Fan were instructed by the Official Receiver’s Office to represent HKA in 香港特別行政區訴香港市民支援愛國民主運動聯合會（D1），李卓人 （D2），鄒幸彤 （D4）HCCC 155/2022. This was the first time the High Court has tried defendants charged under Article 23 of NSL, namely by inciting others to commit subversion. After a 24-day trial, the Court held that D2 and D4 committed acts which sufficed to constitute inciting others to commit subversion. Pursuant to the doctrine of attribution, D1
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Plowman Chambers members contributed to the Hong Kong chapter to Lexology Panoramic: Government Investigations 2027
Plowman Chambers members Jacky Lam, Ferrida Chan, Manalie Chan, Rachel Ronald and Kasper Fan have contributed to the Hong Kong chapter to Lexology Panoramic: Government Investigations 2027. The chapter outlines the Hong Kong framework for government and regulatory investigations, covering key enforcement agencies, potential forms of liability, and the events that can trigger an investigation. It covers many sub-topics, including whistle-blower and employee protections, docu
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Plowman Chambers Members participated in the South Eastern Circuit, Tim Dutton CBE KC, Advanced International Advocacy Course 2026 held at Keble College, Oxford
Rachel Ronald and Kasper Fan recently participated in the South Eastern Circuit, Tim Dutton CBE KC, Advanced International Advocacy Course, held at Keble College, Oxford from 24 to 29 August 2026. The Course, popularly known as the Keble Course, is an intensive 5-day residential programme which spans case analysis, witness examination, handling expert evidence (featuring medical doctors from London and accounting experts from Deloitte), oral and written appellate advocacy
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Members of Plowman Chambers act for the Securities and Futures Commission in proceedings against Sir Dickson Poon and others for market misconduct involving insider dealing and breach of disclosure
On 31 July 2026, the Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) found Sir Dickson Poon, founder and former Group Executive Chairman of Dickson Concepts (International) Limited, and his investment vehicle, Equity Advantage Limited, culpable of insider dealing in the shares of Dickson Concepts while in possession of price‑sensitive information relating to PayPal’s US$4 billion acquisition of Honey Science Corporation. The acquisition was expected to, and ultimately did, generate signific
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