Clemence Y.M. YEUNG
楊業明大律師
Call
1997
H.K.Tel.No
2543 8099
9269 8672
Fax.No
2845 2668
Email
yipming@netvigator.com
Profile
Clemence has broad experience in commercial litigation. As a solicitor (Clifford Chance 1993-1997) his experience was mainly in banking disputes, in particular those concerned with documentary credits. As Counsel (Call 1997) he has acted for parties in a broad range of civil claims, including a developer in a substantial judicial review. He has given professional presentations on many different topics (covering both law and practice), and has authored a book on the law of unjust enrichment in Hong Kong.
Education
- BA (HKU) 1988
- LLM (HKU) 1996
Qualification
- Solicitor of the Supreme Court Hong Kong 1993 – 1997
- Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales 1994
Membership and Appointment
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
Publications and Seminars
CPD Presentations (accredited by the Law Society of Hong Kong)
1. Is the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance Constitutionally Sound? (19 July 2024)
2. Section 213(2)(b) of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) (3 October 2023)
3. International Insolvency (27/10/ 2022)
4. Hot Pursuit – Court Applications and the Law of Tracing (20/10/2022)
5. Judicial Review – Recent Cases on Tameside, Mistake of Fact, Padfield and Standard of Review (18/2/2022)
6. Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance (Cap.545) (25/2/2021 and 18/5/2018)
7. Listed Companies (22/7/2019)
8. Civil Procedure in Hong Kong – Recent Cases (22/5/2017)
9. Private International Law and Comity (20/6/2016)
10. Freezing Injunctions (12/10/2015)
11. Land Valuation and Compensation (21/7/2015)
12. Land Valuation (16/3/2015)
Publications
1. The Law of Unjust Enrichment in Hong Kong (LexisNexis 2008)
2. Halsbury’s Law of Hong Kong Vol. 18(1) Maritime Law (Butterworths 2000) (Chapter on Charterparty)
3. “Deference and the Test of Proportionality in Hong Kong” Hong Kong Lawyer (May 2024)
4. “Securities and Futures Commission v Isidor Subotic: Tort or Sui Generis” Hong Kong Lawyer (June 2023)
5. “The Principle of Reality” Hong Kong Lawyer (November 2017)
6. “Winding Up Foreign Companies on Just and Equitable Ground” (2016) 132 LQR 562
7. “Reality and Valuing Expectations” Hong Kong Lawyer (November 2016)
8. “Comity and Free Standing Mareva Injunction” Hong Kong Lawyer (February 2016)
9. “Hope Value” Hong Kong Lawyer (February 2014)
Languages
- Chinese
- English
Practice Areas
- Administrative and Public Law
- Admiralty & Shipping Law Arbitration
- Chancery
- Commercial and Banking Law
- Commission of Inquiry & Request
- Companies
- Confidentiality & Privacy
- Employment Law
- Insolvency Law
- Land Law
- Media & Defamation
- Mental Health
- Probate
- Professional Liability
- Securities Regulation