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Provided by Robin Nelson Egerton

Greater China Region

Practice Areas

GENERAL CIVIL LITIGATION

Family Law & Private Client

Career

Robin has practised in Hong Kong since 1984; until 2004 as a solicitor and thereafter as a barrister. He is a specialist in family law with a particular focus on children and finance matters, as well as cases regarding the Hague Convention.

Robin has practised as a mediator since 1996 and has an extensive alternative dispute resolution practice.

Professional Memberships

Chairman, Special Committee on Direct Professional Access of Hong Kong Bar Association, 2006-2008

Member, Family Court Member, Special Committee on Family Law of Hong Kong Bar Association Users’ Committee of Hong Kong Bar Association, 2006-2010

Member, HKMAAL Mediation Accreditation Committee of Hong Kong Bar Association, 2013- present

Vice-Chairperson, Accreditation Sub-committee under the Steering Committee on Mediation, 2013-2019

Chairman, Committee on Mediation (CMed), 2019-2021

Member, Special Committee on Evaluative Mediation, 2018-2019

Member, Legal Aid Services Council, 2022 – present

Co-opted member, Bar Council, 2006-2011, 2022 – present

Deputy District Court Judge, Family Court, 17 June 2002-31 July 2002

Deputy District Court Judge, Family Court, 19 December 2005 – 28 January 2006

Deputy District Court Judge, Family Court, 10 August – 4 September 2020

Mediator for the Guangdong – Hong Kong – Macao, Greater Bay Area 2024

Publications

2011 Contributor to Family Law and Practice in Hong Kong (1st Edition)

2014 Contributor to Family Law and Practice in Hong Kong (2nd Edition)

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Family/Matrimonial: The Bar - China

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Robin Nelson Egerton of Parkside Chambers offers both a wealth of expertise in matrimonial finance and child-related cases and the enviable advantage in this space of having previously acted not only as a Family Court deputy district judge, but also as a family law solicitor.

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