Profile
Profile
Terri maintains a broad civil and family law practice, with an emphasis on commercial disputes, probate and trusts, property matters and family proceedings.
Since being called to the Bar in 2021, Terri has gained substantial experience in urgent protective applications in both the Family Court and the High Court. She is regularly instructed in respect of ex parte relief, including injunctions and disclosure orders, in support of wider commercial, family and cross-border litigation.
Terri’s recent work includes representing former directors of China Evergrande Group in high‑profile litigation brought by the Company’s liquidators. Terri is also frequently instructed in matrimonial proceedings, including ancillary relief proceedings involving complex cross‑border issues and third-party interests.
Given her background in commercial litigation and family law, Terri is particularly sought after in matters that sit at the intersection of these disciplines, including company or property disputes with a familial dimension, and ancillary relief disputes involving trusts and corporate structures.
Prior to joining Chambers, Terri completed her pupillage with Derek Chan SC, Christopher Chain SC, Connie Lee and Jason Yu. She also served as a Marshall in the Family Court for Her Honour Judge Melloy and an extended pupillage with Thelma Kwan (now Her Honour Judge Kwan in the Family Court). She is a graduate of the University of Cambridge where she obtained her BA in law and her LL.M. (with First Class Honours in all her subjects).
Outside of her busy practice, Terri is a member of the HKBA’s Committee on Family Law (CFamL), and the Young Barrister’s Committee.
Commercial and Company Disputes
- Arbitration on behalf in relation to commercial claims of over US$14 million (led by Charles Sussex SC) (HKIAC Rules)
- China Evergrande Group (In Liquidation) v Hui Ka Yan & Others HCA 551/2024, HCMP 1080/2024: representing the former Chairman, former CEO, and the former Chairman’s ex-wife in an action brought by the Liquidators of the Company
- [2024] HKCFI 1854 (led by Barrie Barlow SC): return date hearing for worldwide Mareva and proprietary injunction orders, resisted interim-interim disclosure order
- [2026] HKCFI 739 (as sole advocate): opposing an unless order for costs
- [2026] HKCA 15 (led by Barrie Barlow SC): leave to appeal of [2025] HKCFI 689
- [2025] HKCFI 689 (led by Barrie Barlow SC): discharge/ continuation of a worldwide Mareva and proprietary injunction
- [2025] HKCFI 897 (as sole advocate): application in relation to the terms of an injunction order
- [2025] HKCFI 898 (led by Barrie Barlow SC): application for an unless order for compliance with a Disclosure Order
- [2025] HKCFI 1644 (reported in [2025] 3 HKLRD 66) (led by Barrie Barlow SC): leave to appeal of the unless order ruling
- Judgment Pending (led by Barrie Barlow SC): application for discharge of injunction
- Re Freeman FinTech Corporation Ltd HCMP 2653/2016 [2026] HKCFI 694 (as sole advocate): 25-day trial of a s.214 SFO petition against directors of a listed company for breach of duty; Proceedings settled at trial by Carecraft application
- CTBC Bank v Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd HCCL 3/2024: commercial dispute on a letter of credit
- [2024] HKCFI 2820 (led by Jason Yu): stay of proceedings on forum non conveniens grounds
- [2024] HKCFI 2820 (led by Jason Yu): leave to appeal [2024] HKCFI 2820 before Judge
- Chiu Lon Ronald v Bauhinia Healthcare Holdings Ltd & Anor HCA 1164/2025 (as sole advocate): resisted summary judgment on the enforcement of a redemption clause in a Shareholders’ Agreement
- Zanetta Lee Yue v Goldlink Investment Management Limited HCA 1914/2025 (as sole advocate): summary judgment on the enforcement of a share purchase agreement
- Yield Sail Ltd v Land Master Surveyors [2025] HKDC 1998: summary judgment before Master; and appeal before Judge
- K&L Gates v Golden Way & Ors HCA 1061/2021 & HCA 349/2021 (as sole advocate): dispute on knowing receipt and breach of fiduciary duties; argument on costs upon the discontinuance of proceedings
- Chow Yin Man v Vega Global Limited [2025] 3 HKLRD 168 (as sole advocate): successfully opposed director’s application for the inspection of company documents
- Shih-Hua Investment Co Ltd v Zhang Aidong & Ors.
- [2023] HKCA 1304 (CA) (led by William Wong SC and with Chun Ho Lai): appeal of an order to enforce an undertaking as to damages
- [2022] 1 HKLRD 1376 (led by William Wong SC and with Chun Ho Lai): enforcing an undertaking as to damages
- CMI Financial Holding Company Limited v Link Holdings Limited HCA 471/2023 (led by Douglas Lam SC with Sabrina Ho): ex parte injunction following a breach of negative restrictive covenant
- Yip James v Li Ching Ping Vincent [2023] HKCFI 3027: opposed an order for split trial in a trusts claim
- HSBC v King Wai Piece Goods Company Ltd & Ors [2025] HKCFI 1371: mortgagor’s action
- CMBICDHAW Investments Limited v Li Lei HCMP 1074/2024 [2025] HKCFI 3616 (led by Barrie Barlow SC): contempt proceedings for the breach of a discovery order in an investment fraud claim; expungement application
- Chinovation Leasing Limited v Zhu Linshan & Ors. [2023] HKCFI 2544 (with Connie Lee): opposing interlocutory injunction for breaches of fiduciary duties
- ST Ma Ltd v Oppenheim Savings and Loans Trust KB HCCT 27/2023 (led by Victor Dawes SC, with Patrick Chong): injunctions following a suspected share pledge fraud
- Grade One Limited & Ors. v Chow Chin Yui & Ors.
- [2022] HKCFI 2328 (led by Charles Sussex SC): opposing summary judgment for enforcement of guarantee
- [2024] HKCFI 49 (led by Charles Sussex SC): leave to appeal
- Glorious Finance Limited v Man Chung Man DCCJ 901/2022 (as sole advocate): ex parte Mareva injunction
- China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. Hong Kong Branch v Wang Jue et al. HCA 2197/2019 (with Jason Yu): resisted summary judgment for enforcement of guarantee
Family Law & Probate
- D, W v. H, HT FCMC 2662/2021 Ancillary Relief Proceedings involving over HK$300 million in assets, with cross-border elements
- Ancillary Relief Trial, Crossley application, s.17 MPPO application; specific discovery
- [2025] HKFC 118: Opposed an application for transfer of proceedings to the High Court
- NC v PHM FCMC 15518/2017:
- [2025] HKFC 201 (led by Eugene Yim SC): Trial on the variation of Children’s arrangements (settled before Trial commenced); costs
- (as sole advocate) Trial on the variation of Children maintenance (settled before Trial commenced)
- Related High Court Action to set aside a Consent Order HPM v CAHL FCMC 1248/2023 (as sole advocate): Ancillary Relief issues; preliminary issues on property ownership
- Ang Jimmy Tjun Min v. Khoo Chun Kim and Others [2026] HKCFI 841 (as sole advocate): professional Trustee’s Application for directions
- KY v CKHD FCMC 12371/2024 (as sole advocate): Ancillary Relief dispute with the division of personal chattels; injunction and disclosure
- Q v J, K HCMP 2721/2024 (led by Mairéad Rattigan SC): Hague application
- LSS v LESL FCMC 9715/2022 (led by Mairéad Rattigan SC): application for Specific Discovery
- ZLL v WY, WH and WHDL HCMP 948/2020 (with David Chen): injunction in aid of foreign ancillary relief proceedings
- CHW v LCC FCMC 4172/2018 (as sole advocate): Ancillary Relief proceedings
- CHN v CCY
- [2023] HKFC 48 (led by Patrick Chong): Ancillary Relief Trial, involving issues of third-party contribution
- [2024] HKFC 33 (led by Patrick Chong): variation of costs
- Warren Gary Lichetenstein v Annabelle Sarah Bond & Anor.
- [2022] HKCFI 2781 (led by Mairéad Rattigan SC): application for strike-out
- [2023] HKCFI 1511 (led by Mairéad Rattigan SC): appeal of Master’s decision in an application for strike-out
Insolvency
- Re GTI Holdings Ltd. [2021] HKCFI 3647 (as sole advocate): winding-up of a Cayman-incorporated company
- Pan Sutong v Cheung Chung Jiu HCSD 64/2021 (with Pat Lun Chan): setting aside statutory demand
- Liquidators of Value Food Supply Limited (in compulsory liquidation) v Ocean Incorporation Limited HCCW/2020 (as sole advocate): setting aside transactions on the ground of unfair preference
- Lau Wang Chi, Barry v CGS-CIMB Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2024] HKCFI 493 (Reported in: [2024] 2 HKLRD 81) (led by Charles Sussex SC): set aside statutory demand; issues of illegality
- Lau Wang Chi Barry v Jumbo Reward Development HCSD 33/2023 (led by Charles Sussex SC): set aside statutory demand
Property, Building Management and Trusts
- Tribest Investments Ltd v Horex Ltd & Anor. [2023] HKDC 1518 (as sole advocate): resisting an application for the stay of proceedings
- The IO of Fook Cheong Building v Goodray Development Ltd. HCMP 260/2023 (with Teresa Wu and as sole advocate): 5-day Trial to commit defendants for civil contempt (ongoing)
- The IO of Fook Cheong Building v Goodray Development Ltd. HCA 1771/2021 (with Teresa Wu): application for an injunction to enforce the DMC
Intellectual Property
- Cybernetics 1 Limited v Success Development Information Technology Company Limited & Ors. HCIP 19/2024 (led by Douglas Lam SC with Sabrina Ho)
- Urgent applications for imaging order and interim reliefs for breach of copyright / breach of confidence
- [2025] HKCFI 1349: opposed relief from sanction application
- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu v Lai Derek Kar Yan & Ors. HCCL 7/2024 (led by Chua Guan Hock SC): injunction applications to restrain the use of confidential information obtained in the course of employment.
Construction and Others
- Appeared in a 10-day trial concerning a construction dispute (with Ebony Ling) (HKIAC Rules)
- Acting on behalf of the buyer in a ship-building contractual dispute (as sole advocate) (HKIAC Rules)
- Opposed an application for leave to appeal on questions of law, on an Interim Award relating to a construction dispute
- Acting in an Arbitration on behalf of a Contractor for unpaid sums against the Employer
- Appeared before the Administrative Appeals Board in an appeal against the Decision of the Privacy Commissioner
- Member, Committee on Family Law (CFamL), HK Bar Association ( 2023 – Present)
- Lecturer, Legal Research, JD Programme, University of Hong Kong ( 2022 – 2024)
- Corpus Christi College Prize, University of Cambridge [2019]
- Corpus Christi College Intermediate Exhibition, University of Cambridge [2017]
- Co-author, ‘Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Hong Kong Precedents of Pleadings – Restitution‘ (Sweet & Maxwell ) (with Michael Lok) (2025)
- Contributing Editor to Hong Kong Company Law Cases (DVC in collaboration with Kluwer) (2021)
- Speaker, Arbitrating Shareholders’ Disputes (CPD Seminar) (with Connie Lee) (2022)
- Speaker, 仲裁的保密性及特權 (Zhihe Online Course 2022) (with José Antonio-Maurellet SC, Catrina Lam, Michael Lok) (2022)
Construction Law, Defamation, Media & Entertainment, Regulatory, Administrative Review, Arbitration as counsel, Enforcement of Arbitral Award, Bankers’ Duties, Credit Financing, Financial Mis-selling, Moneylenders’ Actions, Contract, Conflict of Laws, Equity, Tort, Unjust Enrichment, Insurance Law, Negotiable Instruments, Partnerships, Sale of Goods, Corporate Governance, Compliance with Listing and Other Regulatory Rules, Derivative Action, Unfair Prejudice Petition, Children Issues, Divorce and Dissolution, Matrimonial Finance, Private Adjudication, Bankruptcy, Restructuring, Schemes of Arrangement, Winding-Up, Aviation, Letters of Credit, Sale and Carriage of Goods, Shipping, Anti-Discrimination, Breach of Confidence, Employment, Restraint of Trade, Committees, Guardianship, Town Planning Appeals, Land Resumption, Auditors’ Negligence, Disciplinary Proceedings, Medical Negligence, Solicitors’ Negligence, Surveyors’ Negligence, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Data Technology, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs), Digital Assets, Telecommunications Licensing, Anton Piller Relief, Asset Tracing, Bankers’ Books Orders, Discovery, Injunction, Norwich Pharmacal Orders, Adverse Possession, Building Management, Charities, Conveyancing, Easements, Landlord & Tenants Disputes, New Territories Law, Tax Law, Intellectual Property