Denis Chang’s Chambers

Ross has his practice mainly in property law (including Chancery, Trust and Probate) and commercial law. He regularly acts for land owners/developers in adverse possession cases.  He also frequently advises and appears on behalf of minority owners in compulsory sale applications, and on occasion, extends his services to majority owners. Advising on other land related matters such as conveyancing, building management and tenancy is also his regular practice.

He has been involved in some leading authorities on land and commercial disputes such as: Monat Investment Ltd v. All Person(s) in Occupation of Part of No 16 Ma Po Tsuen [2023] HKLRD 1311 and [2020] 4 HKLRD 330 (adopting Patel v. Mirza on illegality in the context of unauthorized building works in adverse possession); and Gain Wealth Global Credit & Investment Ltd v Chan Suk Fong [2020] 4 HKLRD 831 (interpretation of the Money Lenders Ordinance).

He has ample experience in working with land surveyor, building surveyor, structural engineer, authorized person and valuer. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst of the CFA Institute. Benefitting from his diverse background, he is recently expanding his practice to construction law and Building (Planning) Regulations that involve multiple expert disciplines.

Ross completed the PCLL from the University of Hong Kong with distinction in 2007 and was awarded the Association of China-Appointed Attesting Officers Scholarship for PCLL Students. Currently, he serves as a tutor and assessor of the PCLL civil advocacy course at the University of Hong Kong.  He is an accredited mediator of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.

English, Cantonese, Putonghua

Chairman of the Appeal Tribunal Panel (Building) from December 2024 to November 2027

PCLL – University of Hong Kong (Distinction)

LLB – University of London

BBA – Chinese University of Hong Kong