Plowman Chambers is pleased to announce the joining of Kasper Fan and Sean O'Reilly, both of whom commenced practise at Chambers since 1 December 2023.Kasper is a Charles Ching Scholar of 2023. He undertook pupillage with Mr. Martin Hui SC, Mr. Derek Chan SC, Mr. Tony Li SC, Ms. Queenie Lau, and Mr. Ernest Ng, having graduated at CUHK with first class honours in LLB and a Master of Laws in International Law from St. John’s College, University of Cambridge. Whilst Kasper accepts instructions from all areas of Chambers’ work, he is particularly interested in criminal litigation and has experience in white collar crimes, drug related offences, sexual offences, traffic offences and dishonesty related offences, having worked on various Magistrates and District Court level trials, as well as Magistracy Appeals in the Court of First Instance. For more information on Kasper’s profile, see here.
Sean is a Bar Scholar of 2022. He joins Chambers upon completing pupillage with Mr. Anthony Chan (now Mr. Anthony Chan SC), Mr. Derek Chan SC, Mr. Tony Ko, Mr. Tim Parker, and Mr. Tony Li SC; having also graduated from CUHK with First Class Honours in LLB, Sean also holds a Master of Laws in Public International Law (Distinction) from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford (Distinction) with a prize for Roman Law (Delict). Before commencement of practise, Sean served as a Judicial Assistant at the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal from 2021 to 2022. He is now developing a broad criminal and public law practice and has, since his short time in the Bar, appeared as sole advocate in the High Court and obtained an interlocutory injunction to restrain the commission of the torts of misuse of private information, defamation, and harassment. For more information on Sean’s profile, click here.
Both Kasper and Sean have been awarded several scholarships and prizes for their academic excellence and achievements. They are both fluent in Cantonese, English and Mandarin. We are keen to see their careers thrive in the coming future.