Benson Tsoi SC

• Advocacy trainer for the Hong Kong Bar Association (since 2014)
• Member of the Hong Kong Bar Criminal Law & Procedure Committee (2017)
• Member of the Hong Kong Bar Pupillage Reform Committee (2011)
• Part-time lecturer at the University of Hong Kong (criminal procedure) (2016-2018)

• Sir Thomas More Bursary Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn (2005)
• Winner of the UK Inner Temple National Mooting Competition (2004)

• Contributing editor of Archbold Hong Kong (Bribery and Corruption chapter)

Offences against public justice

• HKSAR v Andrew Lam Ping-cheung, Kevin Egan (2010) 13 HKCFAR 314
  Perverting course of justice
  for a solicitor charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice (led by Clare Montgomery QC and Graham Harris SC).
• HKSAR v Wong Chi Wai (2013) 16 HKCFAR 539
  Perverting course of justice
  for a barrister charged with attempting to pervert the course of public justice (led by Clare Montgomery QC and Graham Harris SC).
• HKSAR v Kevin Bowers (perverting the course of justice)
  for a solicitor charged with two counts of to perverting the course of public justice (led by Graham Harris SC).
• HKSAR v Lew Mon Hung (perverting the course of justice)
  in a stay application, for a defendant charged with attempting to pervert the course of public justice by writing to the Chief Executive and the Commissioner of the ICAC (led by Graham Harris SC).

Bribery and Corruption

• HKSAR v Monita Lau Wai Yee (misconduct in public office)
  for a solicitor charged with misconduct in public office as a lay member of the Medical Council.
• HKSAR v Rafael Hui Si-yan & Ors (2017) 20 HKCFAR 264
  Bribery and misconduct in public office
  for a defendant charged with corruption and misconduct in public office offences involving the former Chief Secretary of Hong Kong (led by Clare Montgomery QC and Gary Plowman SC).
• HKSAR v Xu Zhuo Bribery [2024] 1 HKLRD 1151
  for an appellant charged with conspiracy to offer corrupt advantages involving the chartering of private jets (trial by Charlotte Draycott SC).

Fraud and Money Laundering

• HKSAR v Lin Tzu-chia & Another (Conspiracy to commit money laundering) For a company regional manager extradited from Peru to HK under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and charged with wide conspiracy to commit money laundering with 7 others – involving USD40million by using a network of 5 off-shore companies and transactions in different jurisdictions (including USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Taiwan and the Mainland) with 6 Hong Kong bank accounts and 13 Taiwan bank accounts to launder supposed proceeds of fraud allegedly – in the guise of international shipping and import and export trading.
• HKSAR v Leslie Swann For a Project Director of Jacobs China Ltd charged with conspiracy to defraud and statutory fraud concerning false concrete compression tests for the “mega project” Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (the longest sea crossing and the longest open-sea fixed link in the world, costing approx. ¥51.1 billion (US$7.56 billion). (led by John Reading SC in both trial and the defence costs application)

• HKSAR v Dayaram & Ors (Conspiracy to defraud by import and export loans)
  Acted for three of five defendants in a three months jury trial involving import and export bank trade loan frauds. Later acted for the remaining two defendants on appeal in the CFA (appeal led by Daniel Marash SC).
• HKSAR v Pang Chi Sau-lan and Another
  for a defendant charged with laundering millions of dollars representing funds stolen from the global private equity firm, Warburg Pincus by the use of unauthorised fraudulent cheques.  Of the HKD 30million stolen from the private equity firm, approximately HKD 3million were deposited into bank accounts controlled by the defendants and subsequently withdrawn in cash / cash cheques.
• HKSAR v Wu Wing Kit & Anor [2017] 5 HKLRD 1
  Money laundering
  for a defendant charged with 17 counts of money laundering emanating from a listed company’s very substantial acquisition related to dairy farms in New Zealand and unexplained proceeds from the Mainland (led by Tim Owen QC).
• HKSAR v Luan Gang & Another (Conspiracy to commit money laundering)
  for a defendant charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering emanating from smuggling activities of oil exploration vessels in the South China Sea and the transfer of those proceeds from the PRC to HK then to the USA (led by Charlotte Draycott SC).
• HKSAR v Raymond Ng Chun To and Others [2013] 5 HKC 390
  Fraud and money laundering
  for a defendant charged with 17 counts of money laundering involving a multimillion derivative warrants trading scheme in Hong Kong and the Mainland (led by Michael Blanchflower SC and Graham Harris SC).
• HKSAR v Hochong [2012] 1 HKLRD 207
  Conspiracy to commit money laundering
  for a director of an international corporate service provider charged with conspiracy with UK counterpart to deal with proceeds of crime (led by Michael Blanchflower SC).
• HKSAR v Chen Keen & Ors (2019) 22 HKCFAR 248, [2019] 5 HKC 379
  Conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to defraud
  for a defendant charged with fraud and money laundering involving acquisition of dairy farms situated in New Zealand (led by Edward Fitzgerald QC, Clare Montgomery QC and Clive Grossman SC).
• HKSAR v Hon Ming-kong & Ors (2014) 17 HKCFAR 727
  Conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to defraud
  for a former company director charged with various conspiracies involving false company transactions in Hong Kong and the Mainland (led by Michael Blanchflower SC and Peter Duncan SC).
• HKSAR v Carson Yeung Ka-sing (money laundering)
  for a defendant charged with money laundering (led by Graham Harris SC).
• HKSAR v Tse Sui Luen (TSL) and Others (2010) 13 HKCFAR 469
  Corruption, fraud and theft
  for a chairman of a listed company charged with conspiracy to offer advantages (bribery and corruption), conspiracy to commit false accounting, conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to steal and substantive theft (led by Alun Jones QC and Graham Harris SC).
• HKSAR v Barry Cheung Chun Yuen & Another (Conspiracy to defraud)
  for a defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the Securities and Futures Commission on the financial position of the Mercantile Exchange (led by Graham Harris SC).
• HKSAR v Lam Kit Wai and others (money laundering)
  for a defendant charged with money laundering of over HKD 1 billion involving cross-border transactions and use of multiple betting accounts at the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
• HKSAR v Liang (Conspiracy to defraud)
  for a defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud through various connected acquisitions of Mainland companies at inflated values (led by Lawrence Lok SC, Graham Harris SC, Ian Lloyd QC).
• HKSAR v Huang (conspiracy to defraud)
  for a defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud by using promissory note at the value of USD300m at an international bank (led by Wayne Walsh SC).
• HKSAR v Lam (Insider dealing)
  for a defendant charged with insider dealing offence involving listed company acquisitions (led by Michael Blanchflower SC).
• HKSAR v Lau (Bookmaking and money laundering)
  for a defendant charged with bookmaking and connected money laundering (led by Graham Harris SC).

Murder

• HKSAR v Nancy Kissel [2014] 1 HKLRD 460
  Murder
  for the defendant on appeal against her murder conviction on a retrial (led by Edward Fitzgerald QC).

General Crime

• HKSAR v Wong Cho Shing & Others (2020) 23 HKCFAR 153, [2019] 4 HKC 401
  Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm
  for a defendant on appeal charged with assault by joint enterprise (led by Tim Owen QC, Clive Grossman SC).
• HKSAR v Frankly Chu King Wai (2019) 22 HKCFAR 1, [2018] 6 HKC 229
  Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm
  for a defendant on appeal charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm (led by Charlotte Draycott SC).
• HKSAR v Jerome Lau Ting Sing (Indecent Assault)
  for a defendant on appeal charged with indecent assault and criminal intimidation against various individuals (led by Michael Blanchflower SC).
• HKSAR v Yan Shen [2012] 3 HKLRD 652
  Possession of firearms
  for a respondent on sentence review by Secretary for Justice for possession of firearms (led by Graham Harris SC).
• Mir v Mir [2012] 1 HKLRD 671; [2013] 4 HKC 213
  Trespass to the person and deed set aside by duress
  Acted for a defendant in a case of physical duress which resulted in a deed of gift to be executed without proper consent.
• HKSAR v Lai Kam Fat (2019) 22 HKCFAR 289, [2019] 6 HKC 293
  Conspiracy to traffic in dangerous drugs
  for the defendant on appeal to the CFA charged with conspiracy to traffic in cocaine (led by Osmond Lam).
• HKSAR v Lee Wing Tai (misconduct in public office)
  Acted for a Post Office employee charged with misconduct in public offence for improper dealings with Post Office stationery.

Judicial Review and Administrative Law

• Vallejos & Domingo v Commissioner of Registration (2013) 16 HKCFAR 45
  Foreign domestic helper right of abode in Hong Kong
  for the applicant who was a domestic helper seeking the right of abode in Hong Kong (led by Michael Fordham QC, Gladys Li SC and P.Y. Lo).
• Nancy Kissel v Long-Term Prison Sentences Review Board [2018] 2 HKLRD 1270
  for the applicant in judicial review against the Board’s refusal to provide an indication of punitive period of the applicant’s life sentence. (led by Edward Fitzgerald QC).
• Secretary for Justice v Persons unlawfully and willfully conducting themselves in any of the acts prohibited under paragraph 1(a) and (b) of the indorsement of claim HCA 2007/2019
  for the internet society in an application to discharge/vary an injunction prohibiting incitement of violence on the internet (led by Nigel Kat SC).

Commission of Inquiry / other tribunals

• The Commission of Inquiry into the Construction Works at and near the Hung Hom Station Extension under the Shatin to Central Link Project
  for a construction company involved in the Shatin-Central Link Hung Hom Station Extension public inquiry.
• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Tribunal
  for a Money Service Operator in an application to  review the law enforcement agency’s decision to suspend its MSO license under Cap 615.

Mutual Legal Assistance and Others

• SJ v Tam Kit-I [2022] 2 HKLRD 310 (Restraint and Confiscation Orders)
  For the Respondent in an application to discharge a Restraint Order by operation of law under OSCO following the SJ’s application for confiscation order (led by Nigel Kat SC).
• HKSAR v Chen Keen and others (2022) 25 HKCFAR 34
  For a defendant in an application to appeal to the CFA challenging the trial Judge’s refusal to stay proceedings on grounds of abuse of process (led by Tim Owen KC).
• HKSAR v Chen Keen (Costs) [2022] 4 HKLRD 219
  For a defendant seeking trial costs of an aborted trial in the Court of Appeal which lasted for several months under s.4 of Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance (led by Tim Owen KC).
• Re M (India request for mutual legal assistance)
  for an individual involved in proceedings held in India in relation to the “Punjab National Bank fraud case” a fraud involving approx. USD1.4 billion (led by Wayne Walsh SC).
• HKSAR v Luan Gang (Letter of Request obtaining evidence in the PRC)
  for the Defence in proceedings held in the People’s Republic of China on commission to obtain evidence for a criminal trial (led by Charlotte Draycott SC).
• HKSAR v Chen & Ors (Letter of Request obtaining evidence in New Zealand)
  in a Defence application for a Letter of Request to take evidence on commission in Auckland New Zealand (led by Edward Fitzgerald QC and Clive Grossman SC).
• HKSAR v TSL & Others (obtaining evidence in the USA)
  for the Defence in proceedings held in Los Angeles (USA) on commission to obtain evidence for a criminal trial (led by Graham Harris SC).
• In Re Liang (Letter of Request to obtain evidence in the PRC)
  in a Defence application for a Letter of Request to take evidence on commission in the Mainland (led by Graham Harris SC).
• In Re Rizvi (Foreign Restraint Order – Indonesia)
  for a respondent in mutual legal assistance restraint proceedings involving request from a foreign state to impose restraint order on local assets (led by Michael Blanchflower SC).
• In Re Salem (Foreign Restraint Order – Egypt)
  for a respondent in mutual legal assistance restraint proceedings involving request from a foreign state to impose restraint order on local assets (led by Michael Blanchflower SC).
• In Re Huang (Restraint Order)
  in an application to discharge a Restraint and Charging Order relating to proceeds of crime based on criminal proceedings in the Mainland (led by Michael Blanchflower SC).
• HKSAR v Cheng (Confiscation Order)
  for a defendant in confiscation proceedings involving assets totalling over HK$100million located in different jurisdictions (led by Michael Blanchflower SC).
• HKSAR v Wu Wing Kit & Anor [2016] 3 HKLRD 386
  Reporting restrictions
  for a defendant in an application to impose reporting restrictions on related appeal proceedings (led by Edward Fitzgerald QC and Clive Grossman SC).

Regulatory Law

• HKSAR v Wong Kin Ming and Others (construction works causing injury)
  for construction company employees charged with authorising building works that caused injury to others. The case involved ground subsidence that occurred on Li Yuen Street East in Central (led by the late Alexander King SC).
• HKSAR v Hip Hing Construction Company Limited (noise pollution)
  for a construction company charged with noise pollution offences (led by Clive Grossman SC).
• HKSAR v Tang (failing to keep proper accounts)
  Acted for a director of a private company charged with failing to keep proper books of accounts.

• Member of the UK BAR Pro Bono Free Representation Unit (FRU) for Employment Tribunals (2005)