Patrick Fung SC

Practice Areas

Arbitration, Mediation, Administrative & Public Law, Commercial Law, Company Law, International Trade, Planning Law, Banking & Finance, Trusts, Probate and Succession

Career

Patrick Fung BBS, SC, QC, FCIArb has been in practice at the Bar for over 40 years and at the Inner Bar for over 20 years.

In the course of his career, he has dealt with a great variety of cases involving many branches of the law, spanning over fields of company and commercial law, liquidation and receivership, real properties, trust, probate and charities, Chinese law and custom and New Territories law, judicial reviews etc. and has taken part as Counsel in public inquiries such as the Hong Kong University Inquiry (2000) and the Hong Kong Institute of Education Inquiry (2007) both investigating into allegations of interference with academic freedom.

He is skilled in dealing with cases involving the use of English and Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua) the number of which has increased considerably in the Courts since the Handover in 1997. He is particularly well-known for handling Chancery cases, especially conveyancing, trust, probate and companies cases. He also appears often in the Lands Tribunal conducting cases under the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance 545.

Besides acting as an advocate, he is also experienced in performing judicial and semi- judicial functions. He was a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court from 2006 to 2014. He had presided over appeals to the Inland Revenue Board of Review, the Securities and Futures Appeal Tribunal, the Appeal Tribunal (Buildings) and the Town Planning Appeal Board for many years. He still sits as a Deputy High Court Judge from time to time. He is on the HKIAC and the SHIAC Panels of Arbitrators and sits regularly as an arbitrator in commercial and other arbitrations.

Professional Memberships

Arbitrator of Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (also known as the Shanghai International Arbitration Center) (“SHIAC”) (current)

Member of the Advisory Committee on Complaints against Judicial Conduct (current)

Member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (10th and 11th Sessions)

Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court (2006 – 2014)

Deputy Chairman of the Town Planning Appeal Board Panel (2005-2011)

Member of the Antiquities Advisory Board (2005-2010)

Chairman of the Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings) (2003 – 2010)

Deputy Chairman of the Securities & Futures Appeal Panel (2003 – 2006)

Deputy Chairman of the Takeovers Appeal Committee (2002 – 2003)

Deputy Chairman of the Inland Revenue Board of Review (2001 – 2006)

Chairman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Appeal Board (1999 – 2005)

Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited – Member of Listing Committee and Member of Working Party on Corporate Governance (1994 – 1996)

Member of the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong – Sub-Committee on Control of Exemption Clauses (1983 – 1986)

Hon. Secretary of the Hong Kong Bar Association (1975)

Publications

“6 Things You Need To Know About Cross-Jurisdictional Inheritance & Administration of Estate in 60 mins” delivered at Des Voeux Chambers (14 July 2017)

“Litigation/Arbitration in the Maritime World” delivered at Hong Kong Maritime Week 2018 organized by The Hong Kong and Mainland Legal Profession Association (20 November 2018)

“Talk on Aspects of International Arbitration” delivered at Peking University International Commercial Dispute Resolution 2021 (10 April 2021)

“Talk on Aspects of Arbitration Agreement” delivered at Peking University International Commercial Dispute Resolution 2022 (19 March 2022)

“Talk on Aspects of International Arbitration” delivered at Peking University International Commercial Dispute Resolution 2023 (18 March 2023)

“Procedural/Interlocutory Applications & Pre-Hearing Conference” (3 November 2023)

“Talk on Aspects of International Arbitration” delivered at Peking University International Commercial Dispute Resolution 2024 (11 May 2024)

Languages Spoken

English

Cantonese

Putonghua

Expert in these Jurisdictions

1968 (England and Wales)

1970 (Hong Kong)

1995 (Hong Kong Inner Bar)

1995 (Singapore Bar)