Civil Procedure in Hong Kong - Seventh Edition

Eric TM Cheung was a partner of one of the largest law firms in Hong Kong before he joined the University of Hong Kong in December 1996, practising in the areas of building and town planning appeals, solicitors’ indemnity claims, building and construction litigation, general banking and commercial litigation. For many years, he has been active in professional and public services. He has been a chairman of the Buildings Appeal Tribunal and is the Chairman of the Housing Appeal Panel. He has been a member of the Election Committee for the selection of the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission, the Judicial Studies Board as well as various committees of the Law Society of Hong Kong. He has served as the examiner on the Law Society’s Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination Panel on the Civil and Criminal Procedure Head, and on the Bar Qualification Examination on Civil Evidence and Civil Procedure. He is the course coordinator of the Civil Procedure Course and the Director of Clinical Legal Education at the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong.

Carter Chim obtained his LLM in Competition Law (Distinction) from King’s College London in 2011. He was then called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2012 and became a member of Denis Chang’s Chambers. In 2015-2016, he joined the Competition Commission (Hong Kong) as a Legal Counsel, during which he contributed to the drafting of the Commission’s guidelines and policy documents and the investigation of cases. He taught competition law in The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2016-2019 and has become a Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong since 2019. On top of his academic life, Carter has kept private practice and is frequently engaged in competition cases. Since January 2018, Carter has also been appointed as a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network.

Gary Meggitt was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1993 and spent over a decade in practice with several leading UK law firms. He is also Called to the Bar in England & Wales. Gary taught at BPP Law School in London from 2000 to 2007 and was Course Director of its Full-Time Bar Vocational Course (BVC). He joined the University of Hong Kong in 2007 and teaches civil litigation, commercial dispute resolution and professional practice on the PCLL as well as insurance law on the Law Faculty’s degree programmes. Gary serves as a Convener for Head IV (Accounts & Professional Conduct) of the Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination (OLQE). He is also a member of the Hong Kong Law Society’s Insurance Law Committee.