Elizabeth was called to the bar of England and Wales in 2004 and to the Hong Kong bar in 2008. She has a mixed practice and has represented clients at every level from Magistrates’ Courts to the Court of Final Appeal.

Elizabeth has wide ranging experience in criminal defence work, having appeared before Magistrates, Judges and Juries. She is familiar with the juvenile court as well as with questioning vulnerable witnesses. She has conducted appeals, trials, applications for bail, pleas in mitigation and plea negotiations/bind overs.

As to her civil practice, apart from general civil work, she has developed a niche speciality in cases involving discrimination in an employment context. Other areas of practice include defamation, non-refoulement claims, shareholder disputes/winding-up, personal injury, intellectual property and matrimonial.

Elizabeth also has an interest in Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has completed the Mediation Practice Course and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia branch).

Elizabeth has a Masters from the University of Hong Kong in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law. She is the course leader for the civil Litigation Writing and Drafting course on the PCLL at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.