Tim has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses all Chambers' main areas of work, with a particular focus on public international law, public and regulatory matters, competition, and commercial law. He is based in Hong Kong where he has established a formidable reputation as a leading junior, with particular recognition for his public law work. 

Tim commenced practice in England and Wales in March 2018 on completion of his six-month pupillage in Chambers, having been called to the Bar in 2017. Tim was admitted as a barrister in Hong Kong in 2009. He is ranked as an ‘up and coming’ junior in Chambers Global, which describes him as "one of the best public law juniors around". He is also listed as a 'Future Leader' by Who's Who Legal. He is highly ranked for his Administrative and Public Law, Competition Law, Commercial Dispute Resolution expertise in Legal 500's Hong Kong Bar rankings, as well as for Commercial Dispute Resolution in Chambers & Partners Hong Kong. 

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Public International Law

Tim accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' public international law practice. 

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Public & Regulatory

Tim accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' public law practice. 

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Competition

Tim accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' competition  law practice. 

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Commercial

Tim accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' commercial law practice. 

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Achievements

Education

  • Whewell Scholarship in International Law, University of Cambridge (2014)
  • E. M. Burnett Prize, University of Cambridge (2014)
  • Hollond-Whittaker Studentship in Law, Trinity College, Cambridge (2015 - )
  • Bar Scholarship, awarded by the Chief Justice of the Hong Kong SAR (2009)
  • Baxter Prize, Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (World's Best Memorial) (2006)
  • Best Oralist, Asia Cup International Humanitarian Law Moot (2006)

Publications

  • Richard Gordon QC and Johnny Mok SC, Judicial Review in Hong Kong (2nd Ed), LexisNexis, Hong Kong, 2014. Contributing author (6 chapters).
  • Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong: Administrative Law, 2nd Ed., 2011 Reissue, Vol. 1, (LexisNexis, Hong Kong, 2011). Sole author.
  • “Trials in Absentia at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Incompatibility with International Human Rights Law”, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume 8, No. 2, (Oxford University Press, May 2010), co-author with W. Jordash. 
  • Tort Law and Practice in Hong Kong (2nd Edition), Thomson Reuters Hong Kong, 2011, Contributing Editor: Chapter 11 (Nuisance) and Chapter 12 (Rylands v Fletcher Liability).

  • Hong Kong Bar Association, Committee on International Law
  • Hong Kong Bar Association, Committee on Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs
  • Hong Kong Competition Commission, Panel of External Counsel
  • CEDR Accredited Mediator

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