Wong Ying Kei

Counsel

Practice Areas
  • Criminal Law
  • Mental Health Law
  • Personal Injuries
Selected Recent Cases

HKSAR v*, ESCC700019/2020: 

Represented the juvenile Defendant at trial and achieved an acquittal to a charge of “Riot” with costs to the defence. Successfully argued for the case to be tried at Juvenile Court when the Defendant turned l6 after plea, and successfully challenged the identity of the suspect through challenging the reliability of the material CCTV footage and the identification evidence of the key police officer witness.

HKSAR v LK. W, HCCP665/2021: 

Represented the Defendant in a contested bail review application at the Court of First Instance. Successfully persuaded the Court to quash the Magistrate’s order of obtaining pre-sentence suitability reports for various Centres, and to grant the Defendant bail pending sentence.

HKSAR v C.C.M, KTCC866/2021:

Represented the mentally incapacitated and nonverbal Defendant charged with “Loitering”. The Defendant has been certified as unfit to plead due to his developmental and intellectual disabilities Successfully persuaded the Prosecution to withdraw the charge through written representations.

HKSAR v N.H.M. [2021] HKCFI 2223: 

Represented the Appellant atrial and appeared as junior to Mr. Franco Kuan for the subsequent appeal Successfully overturned the conviction for the charge of “Behaving in a disorderly manner in a public place”, and successfully resisted an application for retiral by the Prosecution.

HKSAR v C.K.W, FLCC1625/2020: 

Represented the underage Defendant at trial and achieved an acquittal to a charge of “Possession of offensive weapon in public place” in respect of a laser pointer. Successfully ran a defence of “reasonable excuse” and challenged the credibility of the key police officer witness.

HKSAR v T.Y.C, KCCC2761/2020: 

Represented the mentally incapacitated Defendant charged with 6 counts of “Loitering”. The Defendant has been certified as not fit to plead due to his developmental delay and mental disabilities Successfully argued for bail upon review after 8 days of incarceration and eventually resisted a Supervision and Treatment Order sought by the Prosecution upon substantial submission arguing against the recommendation of two Psychiatrists.

Secretary for Justice v Wong Pik Wan[2021] HKCFI 771: 

Appeared as junior to Mr. Paul Harris S.C. and Mr. Jeffrey Tam for the Respondent. Successfully resisted the SI’s application to revoke the Respondent’s bail.

HKSAR v Ho Ho Ting, TMCCll94/2020(D4): 

Represented the 4th Defendant at trial and achieved an acquittal to a charge of “Possession of things with intent to destroy or damage property” in respect of a range of car-repairing tools. Successfully ran a defence of “reasonable excuse” and challenged the chain of evidence.

HKSAR v Cheung Wang Lok, ESCCI126/2020: 

Represented the Defendant at trial and achieved an acquittal to a charge of “Resisting a police officer” with costs to the defence. Successfully challenged the credibility of the alleged victim police

HKSAR v Lee Sheung Chun, STCC406/2020(D2): 

Represented the 2nd Defendant at trial and achieved an acquittal to a charge of “Assaulting a police officer” with costs to the defence. Successfully ran a defence of self-defence and challenged the credibility of the alleged victim police

Appointments and Public Office
  • Chairman of the Standing Committee on Mental Health and Well-being, Hong Kong Bar Association
  • Member of the Standing Committee on Equality and Diversity, Hong Kong Bar Association
  • Part-time College Lecturer at the Lingnan Institute of Further Education
Education
  • LLB in Laws, London School of Economics (2016)
  • MA in Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017) 
  • PCLL, City University of Hong Kong (2018)
  • MSSC in Counselling (Mental Health Counselling specialization) (2023)
  • MEd in Special Needs and Giftedness, Education University of Hong Kong (Exp. 2025)
Languages

Cantonese, English