Vod Chan
陳家成大律師
Practice Profile
Vod is a practising barrister with a focus on civil litigation, especially in the areas of company/business, intellectual property, employment, discrimination, land/property, landlord and tenant, torts including personal injury, and banking laws. In particular, his spectrum of practice covers, in the area of company law, advising a listed company’s investment vehicle on its shareholders’ rights, and seeking reliefs on behalf of a company…

Call: 2004 (HK)
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Email: vodchan@rwchambers.com
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Education
LLM in ArbDR (Distinction) (City University of Hong Kong) (CityU)
LLM (Distinction) (University of Hong Kong)
PCLL (University of Hong Kong)
LLB (Hons.) (University of London)
MBA (Simon Fraser University)
Selected Cases
Construction and Arbitration
To HS Eddy v Sheenluxe, HCCT 34/2008 (Court of First Instance, 3 Dec 2008) (Opposing to set aside an arbitration award)
Falcon Building Materials Co. Ltd. v Fine View Engineering Ltd, DCCJ 5663/2006 (District Court, 3 Jan 2008)
Otis Elevator Co (HK) Ltd v Cheung Yip Chuen David, DCCJ 5316/2005 (District Court, 21 Jul 2006)
Administrative and Public Law
China Mobile v Commissioner of Inland Revenue, HCIA 2/2017 (Court of First Instance, 28 Jul 2020) (Tax/Income Revenue)
Appointments
Chair, Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings)
Torture Claims Appeal Board
Appointment Committee of Finance Dispute Resolution Centre
Vice Chair, Mediation Committee, HKBA
Adjunct Professor, School of Law, CityU
Publications
What Should Lawyers Do When the Best of the Two Worlds Collide in Mediation/Negotiation?, HK Lawyer, p.35, 11/2020”
Using softer hands to settle injury claims, South China Morning Post, p2, 16/1/2016
Turn bad times into a career opportunity, South China Morning Post, p2, 20/9/2014
Scholarships
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Bronze Award for Volunteer Service, Social Welfare Department Hong Kong
Eileen Purkiss Memorial Endowment Award
BC Hydro Scholarship
Qualifications
Practising Arbitrator
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)’s List of Arbitrators
Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Languages
Fluent in Cantonese, English and Putonghua