
SALLY WONG
Call: 2018 (HK)
APPOINTMENTS
Part-time Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong (on Land Law III)
Member, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
EDUCATION
LLB, The University of Hong Kong
PCLL, The University of Hong Kong
AWARD
1st Runner Up, Haldanes’ Criminal Law Mooting Competition (2015)
LANGUAGE
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
CONTACT
E: sallysywong@28admiralty.com
T: +852 2122 9989
F: +852 2122 9990
PROFILE/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sally obtained both her LLB and PCLL from the University of Hong Kong. She then served her pupillage with Mr. Erik Shum, Mr. Valentine Yim, Mr. Raymond Yu, Mr. Eugene Yim and Mr. Vincent Chen. She joined Chambers in 2019.
Sally is developing a broad practice and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work, including criminal and civil. She accepts instructions for both advocacy and advisory work, and has appeared in the High Court both in her own right and as a led junior.
Sally has been involved in cases concerning areas of law including criminal, family, contract, bankruptcy, winding up, commercial, company, probate, adverse possession, building management, compulsory sale, tort, personal injuries, employment, trust, IPO, trademark and arbitration.
SELECTED CASES
PROBATE
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Leung Yun Siu (梁潤笑), The Person Appointed To Represent the Estate of Fong Yin Ting (方燕婷), Deceased v Chow Wai Hung (周偉雄), The Person Appointed To Represent the Estate of Chow Wai Fai (周偉輝), Deceased [2020] HKCFI 2634 (precluded a husband murdering his wife from acquiring any interest in his wife’s estate under the forfeiture rule, as sole counsel for the plaintiff)
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Tso Tak Lee (曹得利) v Tso Chui Yan (曹翠仁), Administrator of the Estate of Kam Yuk Fung (金玉鳳), deceased and Chan Hing Lung (陳興龍)
HCAP 29/2012 (seeking to propound a will, with Ms. Annie Lai for the plaintiff) (pending judgment) (awaiting judgment)
FAMILY
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王 (Wang) v 蔡 (Choy) FCMC 10960/2017 (opposed the petitioner’s interim maintenance application, as sole advocate for the respondent)
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樊 對 陳 [2021] HKFC 116 (opposed the petitioner’s claim for a lump sum payment, as sole counsel for the respondent)
PERSONAL INJURIES
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Yuen Chiu Fuk 對 Wong Ming [2022] HKDC 167 (obtained loss and damage for personal injuries, as sole counsel for the plaintiff)
BANKRUPTCY AND WINDING-UP
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Fung Kwong Chuen v Wong Ka Sek and Wong Ka Lam King, The Joint and Several Trustees of the Property of Fung Kwong Chuen, A Bankrupt [2020] HKCFI 3009 (opposed an application to reverse the respondent’s decision to freeze the applicant’s bank accounts, as sole counsel for the respondent)
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Re 麒麟集團控股有限公司 (Kirin Group Holdings Limited) HCCW 229/2021 (wound up a listed company, as sole counsel for the petitioner)
GENERAL CIVIL
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Keen Lloyd Holdings Ltd v Churk Yat Ming and Another [2020] HKCFI 2182 (varied a Mareva injunction order, as sole counsel for the 1st defendant)
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Nichia Chemical Hong Kong, Limited v 深圳市聚作照明股份有限公司 and Another HCA 2057/2019 (set aside a regular default judgment with delay for over a year, and struck out the writ of summons, as sole counsel for the 2nd defendant)
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魏文 (Wei Wen) v 麒麟集團控股有限公司 (Kirin Group Holdings Limited) HCA 1904/2020 (obtained a summary judgment for an unpaid debt, as sole counsel for the plaintiff)
JUDICIAL REVIEW
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Agrade Holdings Ltd v Town Planning Board [2021] HKCFI 3559 (quashed the Town Planning Board’s decision against a rezoning application, led by Mr Jenkin Suen S.C. for the applicant)
CRIMINAL
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香港特別行政區 訴 林健儀 HCMA 510/2019 (appeal against conviction and sentence for 10 counts of fraud in an ICAC case, as sole advocate for the appellant) (pending judgment)
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香港特別行政區 訴 謝木榮 [2019] HKDC 110 (plea and sentence in relation to trafficking in dangerous drugs, as sole advocate for the defendant)
BUILDING MANAGEMENT
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中紀投資有限公司 & Ors v 置佳物業服務有限公司 & Ors LDBM 234/2018 (sought costs against the 1st and 2nd plaintiffs, with Mr Lewis Law for the 2nd to 7th respondents)