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Barristers’ chambers in Admiralty, Hong Kong

Temple Chambers

Headquarters	16/F, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Major practice areas	Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Competition, Equity and Trusts, Insolvency, Intellectual Property, Probate, Public Law, Securities and Regulation, and Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)[1]
Key people	Paul W. T. Shieh SC (Head of Chambers)
Date founded	1977
Founder	Richard Mills-Owens QC, SC
Website	www.templechambers.com

Temple Chambers (Chinese: 天博大律師事務所) is a set of barristers’ chambers based in Admiralty, Hong Kong. It is widely considered to be one of the leading sets of chambers in Hong Kong given its high ratio of senior counsels and king’s counsels to juniors, as well as a strong history of appointments to key judicial and government roles.

Temple Chambers was founded in 1977 by Richard Mills-Owens QC, SC.^[2]

For the Judiciary, former Senior Counsel are indicated by an asterisk (*).

• The Honourable Madam Justice Maria Candace Yuen Ka-ning – Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal (retired)
• *The Honourable Mr Justice Aarif Tyebjee Barma – Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal
• The Honourable Mr Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung – Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal
• *The Honourable Mr Justice Godfrey Lam Wan-ho – Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal
• *The Honourable Mr Justice Anderson Chow Ka-ming – Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal

• *The Honourable Mr Justice Anselmo Trinidad Reyes – Judge of the Court of First Instance (retired)^[5]
• The Honourable Mr Justice William Waung Sik-ying – Judge of the Court of First Instance (retired)
• *The Honourable Mr Justice Peter Ng Kar-fai – Judge of the Court of First Instance
• *The Honourable Madam Justice Lisa Wong Kwok-ying – Judge of the Court of First Instance
• *The Honourable Mr Justice Russell Adam Coleman – Judge of the Court of First Instance
• *The Honourable Madam Justice Linda Chan Ching-fan – Judge of the Court of First Instance
• *The Honourable Madam Justice Yvonne Cheng Wai-sum – Judge of the Court of First Instance
• The Honourable Madam Justice Winnie Tsui Wan-wah – Judge of the Court of First Instance
• *The Honourable Mr Justice Mr Eugene Fung Ting-sek – Judge of the Court of First Instance

• *The Honourable Madam Justice Yvonne Cheng Wai-sum (2025– )

• The Honourable Mr Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung (2012–2019)
• *The Honourable Mr Justice Anderson Chow Ka-ming (2019–21)
• *The Honourable Mr Justice Russell Adam Coleman (2021– )^[6]

• *The Honourable Madam Justice Yvonne Cheng Wai-sum (2025– )

• The Honourable Mr Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung (2010–2014)
• *The Honourable Madam Justice Lisa Wong Kwok-ying (2019– )

• His Honour Chua Fi-lan – Judge of the District Court (retired)
• Her Honour Grace Chow Chiu-man – Judge of the District Court

• Michael David Thomas CMG, QC, SC – Secretary for Justice (1988–1993)
• Wong Yan-lung GBM, SC – Secretary for Justice (2005–2012)
• Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung GBM, SC, JP – Secretary for Justice (2012–2018)^[8]
• Ronny Tong Ka-wah GBS, QC, SC, JP – Member of the Executive Council (2017–)
• Lawrence Li SC, JP – Chairman of the Financial Services Development Council (2018–)^[9]
• Henry Fan SBS, JP – Chairman of the Hospital Authority (2019–)
• Jat Sew-tong SBS, SC, JP – Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council (2008-2014)
• Victor Dawes SC – Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) (2020–)

• Ronny Tong Ka-wah GBS, QC, SC, JP (1999–2000)^[10]
• Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung GBM, SC, JP (2007–2008)
• Russell Adam Coleman SC (2009–2010)^[11]
• Paul Shieh Wing-tai SC (2013–2014)^[12]
• Victor Dawes SC (2022–2024)^[13]

• Richard Mills-Owens QC, SC
• Roberto Ribeiro QC, SC
• Geoffrey Ma QC, SC
• Ronny Tong QC, SC
• John Bleach QC, SC
• Paul Shieh SC (current)