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Eric Y.C. Tsoi
蔡一沖大律師
Call:
- HK (2011)
- UK (2008)
Education:
- LLM (Commercial Law)
- LLM (Professional Legal Practice)
- LLB (Hons)
- Associate of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb)
Email: eric.tsoi@uclmail.net
Profile
Eric has developed an active practice in both civil and criminal matters, with a particular specialisation in medico-legal cases. He regularly appears in all levels of court both as a led junior and as a sole advocate representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
On the civil side, Eric is regularly instructed to conduct proceedings involving medical negligence, disaster category cases and complex industrial accidents. Most notably, he was led by two Senior Counsel in a case involving relocation of a claimant with dystonic cerebral palsy at birth, which comprised of experts across 16 disciplines and highly complicated issues of life expectancy based on Strauss data and contested application between Chan and Ogden Tables.
On the criminal side, he was blessed with the opportunity to be led in multiple criminal appeals to the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal. He also participated as a led junior handling examination of various witnesses in a 120-day trial, the case of which involved gross negligence manslaughter in the context of clinical treatment, the backlash of the DR CIK Beauty Treatment Incident.
Selected Cases
HKSAR v Chan Chun-Chuen – Led by David Perry QC & Anna Lai SC – Forgery of will
- Appeal to Court of Appeal [2015] HKCA 510
- Trial [2013] 6 HKC 437
- Committal proceedings [2012] 3 HKLRD 265
HKSAR v Chow Heung-Wing – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Manslaughter by blood product
- Appeal to Court of Appeal [2022] 1 HKLRD 671 (CA)
- Trial (for 120 days) [2017] HKCFI 2367
Re CA (Mental Health) [2022] 2 HKLRD 915 – Led by Neville Sarony QC SC & Michael Ozorio QC SC – Dystonic cerebral palsy
Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Golf Course Ltd v HKSAR – Led by Michael Ozorio QC SC - Third party motor insurance
- Appeal to Court of Final Appeal (2013) 16 HKCFAR 908
- Magistracy appeal [2012] 6 HKC 411
Yeong Yun-Hong Gary v Secretary for Justice (Unreported, FAMC 76/2014, 21st May 2015) – Led by Kumar Ramanathan SC – Sentencing in champerty offence
Yum Siu Wah v Wong Chi Shing [2024] 2 HKLRD 1292 (CA)
- Led by Kumar Ramanathan SC – Assessment of Earnings
Re Dr. Stewart Chan (Unreported, MC 21/342, 9th March 2024)
- Led by Kumar Ramanathan SC – Professional Misconduct
Yeung Lai-Ping v Secretary for Justice – Led by Ruy Barretto SC – Dentist suffered excessive workload
- Appeal to Court of Appeal [2021] 3 HKC 529 (CA)
- Variation of Costs [2023] 5 HKLRD 149
HKSAR v Han Lam Tong Med Ltd (Unreported, FLS 9497/2022, Dep. Mag. H. Fung, 29th May 2023) – Led by Martin Hui SC – Possession of pharmaceutical product
Wong Ying Grace v Dr. Ho Wing Chiu Clement [2022] HKCFI 3109 – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Negligence in reproductive medicine
B.P. v Graham Silverthorne [2022] HKCFI 1252 – Led by Kumar Ramanathan SC – School bullying
Zoe Cheung (Deceased) v Dr. Franklin Li [2022] HKCFI 716 – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Mareva injunction in botox fatality
Liu Shih Teng v HKCC Dotcod Ltd [2022] 2 HKLRD 349 – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Fatal accident involving intoxication
Kok Wai-Leung v Ho Tin Building Material Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1183 – Led by Kumar Ramanathan SC – Pallet of bricks falling onto worker resulting in tetraplegia
Lam Wa-Yung v Director of Legal Aid (Unreported, LAA 1124/2020, Master S.H. Lee, 13th Sep 2021) – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Worker suffered from retinal detachment
Fong Chong-Chuen v The Boy' and Girls' Clubs Association [2021] HKCA 400 – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Accident during orienteering competition
Shing Ho-Wa v Really Super Ltd [2019] HKCFI 1751 – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Split trial for stuntman fell from vehicle in course of work
Huang Li v Hady Hartanto [2017] HKCFI 1007 – Led by Raymond Leung SC – forum non conveniens
Saatori v Raffles Medical Group Ltd – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Tinnitus by syringing
- Appeal to Court of Appeal [2017] HKCA 367
- Trial [2016] 4 HKLRD 735
Yau Kwong-Wang v Dr Leung Kam-Fung Timothy [2016] 3 HKLRD 615 – Led by Michael Ozorio QC SC – Patient became vegetative state after cholecystectomy
China Taiping Insurance v Freight Transportation [2015] HKCFI 1329 – Led by Kumar Ramanathan SC – Declaratory relief for repudiation of policy
HKSAR v Wong Yoke-Meng (Unreported, ESCC 3892/2014, Magistrate B. Chainrai, 17th Nov 2014) – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Failure to keep proper dangerous drugs register
Shagang Shipping Co Ltd v Shum Man-Fu [2014] HKCFI 1503 – Led by Kumar Ramanathan SC – Breach of director’s fiduciary duties
Re Cheung Yui-Ting (Unreported, CCDI 964/2011, Coroner W.K. Wong, 21st May 2013) – Led by Raymond Leung SC – Death resulting from surgery under anaesthesia
Unreportable Cases
Case involving treatment of neuromyelitis optica and tetraplegic patient
- Led by Raymond Leung SC
Case involving aviation carriage by air of passenger suffered from cerebral venous thrombosis
- Led by Raymond Leung SC
Case involving treatment of hydrocephalus and vegetative patient
- Led by Raymond Leung SC
Case involving treatment of neurofibromatosis and paraplegic patient
- Led by Raymond Leung SC
Case involving dental surgery and patient with cosmetic disability
- Led by Raymond Leung SC
Case involving forceps delivery and newborn with brain damage
- Led by Kumar Ramanathan SC
Case involving fatal accident caused by collision of vessels
- Led by Kumar Ramanathan SC
Case involving a visitor falling from residential building resulting in tetraplegia
- Led by Michael Ozorio QC SC
Case involving amputation of limb and prosthesis of newborn
- Led by Raymond Leung SC
Case involving bilateral breast augmentation and capsulotomy
- Led by Michael Ozorio QC SC
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