Chua Guan-hock SC 蔡源福

Senior Counsel Des Voeux Chambers Called 1987 5 appearances

Chua Guan-hock SC appears as counsel of record in 5 reported Hong Kong judgments (1999–2024), most often before the HKCFA. Member of Des Voeux Chambers.

About Chua Guan-hock SC

Chua Guan-hock appears as counsel of record in 5 reported Hong Kong judgments (1999–2024). These were heard before HKCFA (4) and HKCA (1).

Source: derived from 5 published Hong Kong judgments, most recent decision 25 April 2024. Published on HKLII.

Professional record

Branch: Barrister
Chambers: Des Voeux Chambers
Year of call (HK): 1987
Inner Bar (SC): 2003
Year of call (UK): 1987

Registry facts from the Hong Kong Bar Association roster.

In the court record

Chua Guan-hock SC (蔡源福), called to the Bar in 1987 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2003, practises from Des Voeux Chambers. He appears primarily in the appellate courts, most often instructed as counsel for the respondent, in reported matters concerning loans and debt recovery and theft, fraud and dishonesty, spanning matters from 1999 to 2024.

His reported instructions include a run of Court of Final Appeal matters for the respondent in the Aktieselskabet Dansk Skibsfinansiering litigation: Aktieselskabet Dansk Skibsfinansiering v. Robert John Francis Brothers [2000] HKCFA 49, Aktieselskabet Dansk Skibfinansiering v. Robert John Francis Brothers [1999] HKCFA 34, Aktieselskabet Dansk Skibfinansiering v. Wheelock Marden & Co. Ltd. [1999] HKCFA 35 and Aktieselskabet Dansk Skibfinansiering v. Wheelock Marden & Co. Ltd. [1999] HKCFA 67. More recently he was instructed for the plaintiff in Zhang Rui Kang v. Tunghsu Group Co Ltd [2024] HKCA 361.

What is Chua Guan-hock's seniority at the Hong Kong Bar?

Chua Guan-hock SC (蔡源福) was called to the Bar in 1987 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2003; he practises from Des Voeux Chambers and appears primarily in the appellate courts.

What kind of matters has Chua Guan-hock been instructed in?

Reported matters involving Chua Guan-hock concern loans and debt recovery and theft, fraud and dishonesty, including the Court of Final Appeal case Aktieselskabet Dansk Skibsfinansiering v. Robert John Francis Brothers [2000] HKCFA 49.