VAN MA

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Van is a general practitioner in both criminal and civil litigation areas.  She has been instructed to defend and prosecute cases in all tribunals and courts, from the Labour Tribunal, Magistrates' Courts and the District Court to the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal. 

In the criminal area, Van acts for both prosecution and defence.  Van's practice covers sexual offences; all assault-related offences, including homicide; complex commercial-related and white-collar frauds; and other crimes, including dangerous drug offences, road traffic offences such as dangerous driving causing death, dangerous goods and explosive substances offences, ICAC offences, blackmail and departmental summons. 

Van's civil practice focuses on family law, contract and commercial disputes, shareholders and property/land disputes, injunction, defamation, trust and mortgagee actions, coroners' inquest and personal injuries (including fatal cases). 

Van has contracted with LexisNexis as an author for a full annotation of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap 295). 

Since 2019, Van has taught Contract Law for the CPE MMU course at HKU SPACE.  In recent years, Van has also acted as an assessor and demonstrator for PCLL at City University.

OTHER WORKING EXPERIENCE

Between 1997 and 2012, Van worked in the commercial sector by joining several multinational companies.  She was appointed to different senior and regional positions, ranging from Regional General Manager to Chief Operations Officer to Director. 

NOTABLE AND RECENT CASES (This does NOT include ALL the cases Van handled or is handling) 

Family Cases

盧 對 黃  FCMC 3527/2019 (Legal Aid Case)

許 對 劉  FCMC 13130/2019 (Legal Aid Case)

SYTE v CCS  FCMC 6268/2019; [2020] HKFC 40 

廖 對 吳  FCMC 11467/2017; [2020] HKFC 64 

Civil Cases 

CHAN CHUN NI v CHAN NGAI KEUNG HCA 2206/2018; [2023] HKCFI 97; [2022] HKCFI 3031 

LO CHI LIK ERIC v YUEN CHI HO CHRIS CAMP 13/2021; [2021] HKCA 631; from District Court trial to Leave to Appeal

WONG WING MAN v LAM YUEN YEE HCA 1043/2018; [2019] HKCFI 2848 

PUTAI LTD v YAU LEE HO AND OTHERS  CAMP 36/2018; [2018] HKCA 298; from District Court trial to Leave to Appeal 

OCEAN ALLIED LTD v HUI SZE KUEN AND OTHERS DCCJ 4732/2014 

HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE (HONG KONG) LTD v MA CHUN KIT HCMP 1115/2017; [2018] HKCFI 

HO YUN HO AND DITH THI HIEN, THE CO-ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF YO YAN TIM, THE DECEASED v TSANG LIK HUNG AND OTHERS  HCPI 5/2020; Fatal Personal Injury Case 

TAM YEE WAH EVA v MING HING WATERWORKS ENGINEERING CO LTD  HCPI 1095/2017; Personal Injury Case

Criminal Cases

HKSAR v KWAN KA HEI [2020] HKCFA 21; Reported in: (2020) 23 HKCFAR 229; from Magistrate trial to appeal at the Court of Final Appeal 

HKSAR v LIANG YAOQIANG HCCC 37/2017; [2018] HKCFI 1078; Murder trial

HKSAR v WONG CHEUK HEI DCCC 941/2021; [2023] HKDC 33

香港特別行政區 訴 彭皓峯 DCCC 1092/2021; [2023] HKDC 116 

HKSAR v CHEUNG CHI FAI DCCC 1093/2021; [2022] HKDC 1432 

香港特別行政區 訴 袁劍明 DCCC 728/2021; [2022] HKDC 962 

香港特別行政區 訴 王嘉富 DCCC 900/2021; [2022] HKDC 864 

香港特別行政區 訴 黎氏雲 DCCC 1032/2021; [2022] HKDC 499

HKSAR v THE CHEUNG YUNG DCCC 1110/2021; [2022] HKDC 843 

香港特別行政區 訴 彭嘉盛 DCCC 719/2018; Dangerous Causing Death Case 

香港特別行政區 訴 連順昌 STCC 383/2020; Dangerous Causing Death Case

HKSAR v CHONG FUNG KIU DCCC 718/2019; [2019] HKDC 1542  

香港特別行政區 訴 梁樹基 DCCC 642/2018; [2019] HKDC 802  

香港特別行政區 訴 汪忠寶及另一人  HCMA 245/2018; [2019] HKCFI 739

HKSAR v POON KWAN NOK PAM HCMA 348/2017; [2018] HKCFI 159