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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Priscilia Lam SC and Ferrida Chan secured a ruling of no case to answer and acquittal of a charge of murder for D7 with costs awarded in HCCC 120/2024
In HKSAR v Lai Ka Po (D7) (HCCC 120/2024), a High Court trial involving 13 defendants facing a charge of murder, Priscilia Lam SC and Ferrida Chan represented D7. At the close of the prosecution’s case, after hearing submissions from the defence, the learned judge found that (1) there is no direct or indirect evidence of causation of death, and the circumstantial evidence is insufficient and lacking and cannot reach the inference contended for by the prosecution; (2) there is
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