Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution
email: christopher.morley@haldanes.com
 
Title
Partner, Criminal & Commercial Litigation
Admitted to Haldanes’ Partnership:
1997
 
Jurisdictions:
Hong Kong (practising)
Scotland (non-practising)
 
Universities:
Oxford (B.A. (Hons)) and Strathclyde (L.L.B and Dip.L.P.)
 
Principal Service Areas:

Christopher is a criminal and commercial litigator. In the criminal field he represents clients in a wide range of criminal offences in the Magistrates', District and High Courts defending prosecutions brought by the ICAC, the Immigration Department, the Customs & Excise Department, the Labour Department and the Police (including commercial crime, computer crime, vice, fraud, thefts, assaults, dangerous drugs, and driving offences). He regularly represents defendants in trials, pleas in mitigation, bail applications, appeals and other ancillary applications in the criminal courts.

Christopher usually represents clients as solicitor-advocate but instructs Counsel in defending crimes tried in the High Court.

In commercial litigation, he has a busy practice in aviation insurance litigation, debt recovery and mortgage actions. He also represents Plaintiffs in personal injuries actions.

 
Experience:

Trained at Dorman Jeffrey & Co. (now Dundas and Wilson) in Edinburgh and Glasgow. He came to Hong Kong in October 1994.

 
More about Christopher:
  • Recommended in the 2008 Guide to the World's Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers published by Legal Media Group
  • Recommended for Criminal Work in Who's Who of the Law in Hong Kong
  • Member of Law Societies of Scotland and Hong Kong
  • Member of Higher Rights of Audience Committee - Law Society of Hong Kong
  • Member of Sub-Committee on Double Jeopardy for the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong
  • Member of International Bar Association
  • Assessor in Criminal Advocacy at the University of Hong Kong
  • Assessor in Civil Advocacy at the City University of Hong Kong
  • Director of Aids Concern Hong Kong
  • Civil Celebrant of Marriages

Some recent reported cases acting as solicitor-advocate:

And as instructing solicitor:

 
Languages:
English and French
 
 
 

   
  Disclaimer