Denis Chang’s Chambers

Called to the Bar in 2007, Lee Siu Him predominantly engages in general civil practice as both sole counsel and led junior. His areas of expertise include commercial disputes, banking, land, employment, trust, intellectual property and probate.

Siu Him has a track record of appearances in trials and appeals involving complex questions of law such as “contractual estoppel” in mis-selling claims (DBS Bank (HK) Ltd v Sit Pan Jit HCA 382/2009 (CFI); CACV 91/2015 (CA); FAMV 45/2016 (AC)), adverse possession of common parts of multi-storey building (The IO of Po Hang Building v Sam Woo Marine Works Ltd FAMV 21/2016 (AC)), and effect of severance notice on joint tenancy (Ho Kwok Wing v Chan Mei Mui [2018] HKCFI 1135 (CFI); [2020] 3 HKLRD 548 (CA)).

Siu Him holds particular exposure in cases raising public law issues of great general or public importance, e.g. the first final appeal involving National Security Law (see HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying (2021) 24 HKCFAR 33) and the judicial review challenging constitutionality of “anti-mask” law (Leung Kwok Hung v Secretary for Justice [2020] 1 HKLRD 80 (CFI); [2020] 2 HKLRD 771 (CA); (2020) 23 HKCFAR 518 (CFA)).

Siu Him has extensive experience as both trial and appellate advocate in courts and tribunals, including magistrates’ courts, the Lands Tribunal, the District Court, the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal. He also has a wealth of experience in providing opinions on legal issues arising from listing applications to the SEHK.

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