Kevin K F Li

Professional Background

Kevin is qualified both in Australia and Hong Kong.

Prior to his admission in Australia, Kevin had been practising in Hong Kong, as a member of Pacific Chambers, for over 16 years. Kevin was engaged in a wide spectrum of commercial litigation and criminal defence cases. His clients included listed companies, SMEs and high net worth individuals.

Kevin also has over 10 years of experience as a mediator.

Kevin's practice areas include:

• Common Law and Equity Claims
• Shareholders' Disputes
• Insolvency and Liquidation
• Commercial Disputes
• Contractual Disputes

Areas of Expertise

• Commercial Litigation
• Court Proceedings
• Debt Recovery

Notable Cases

Criminal jurisdiction (Hong Kong)

• Successfully overturned a conviction on appeal to the Court of Final. Appeal that involved two key government officials charged with housing benefits fraud. The Court of Final Appeal accepted the argument that the trial court erred in finding the defendants guilty even when there was insufficient evidence to draw an adverse inference against the defendants (See: HKSAR v Mak Chai-Kwong and Another [2016] 19HKCFAR 1)

Civil jurisdiction (Hong Kong)

• Achieved a landmark success for the Plaintiff in a hard-fought $400m probate battle involving challenges to a will based on due execution, testamentary capacity and knowledge & approval grounds. Having lost at first instance, the Plaintiff succeeded on appeal to the Court of Appeal whose judgment is of considerable importance to probate practitioners. The Defendant subsequently applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal but without success (See: Choy Po Chun & Anor v Au Wing Lun CACV 177/2017)

Professional Qualifications & Memberships

• Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Hong Kong
• Member - Law Institute of Victoria
• Member - Accredited Mediator (NMAS)
• CEDR - Accredited Mediator (UK Accreditation)

Languages

Kevin is fluent in Chinese (Cantonese).