Simon Ngai Man Young

Call 2008 (HK), 1998 (Ontario)
Languages English , Cantonese

Simon Ngai Man Young

Call
2008 (HK), 1998 (Ontario)
Languages
English , Cantonese

Overview

Professor Simon Young specialises in criminal law and public law cases, especially where there is a constitutional law or international/transnational law dimension. He is also qualified to practice Canadian law and maintains his membership in the Law Society of Ontario. In 2023, he was appointed the Ian Davies Professor in Ethics at The University of Hong Kong. He has served as the General Editor of Archbold Hong Kong since 2018. He is currently a member of the Academic Management Committee of the Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption.

Selected Cases
  • HKSAR v Tsim Sum Kit, Ada [2023] 3 HKLRD 496 (CA), leave to CFA granted in FAMC 38/2023 (constitutional challenge to defence of diminished responsibility).
  • HKSAR v Lee Wai Man [2022] 5 HKLRD 138 (CA); [2022] 5 HKLRD 407 (CA) (misdirection on diminished responsibility; re-sentencing on manslaughter verdict).
  • HKSAR v Manan Abdul [2022] 2 HKLRD 937 (CA) (misdirection on fingerprint evidence).
  • Ramanjit Singh alia Romi v The Government of the Republic of India [2021] 3 HKLRD 600 (CA) (extradition case stated appeal on relevant offence).
  • HKSAR v Tsim Sum Kit, Ada [2024] HKCFA 14 (constitutional challenge to defence of diminished responsibility).
  • HKSAR v Harjit Singh [2024] 2 HKLRD 930 (CA) (constitutional challenge to search warrant).
  • Ramanjit Singh v Commissioner of Correctional Services [2023] 4 HKLRD 677 (CFI) (extradition to India; habeas corpus application).
  • HKSAR v Lee Wai Man [2022] 5 HKLRD 138 (intoxication and diminished responsibility).
  • HKSAR v Manan Abdul [2022] 2 HKRD 937 (absence of fingerprint evidence).
  • Ramanjit Singh Alias Romi v The Government of the Republic of India [2021] 3 HKLRD 300 (CA) (extradition to India; government’s appeal).
  • HKSAR v Pang Hung Fai (2014) 17 HKCFAR 778 (mens rea of the money laundering offence).
  • HKSAR v Li Kwok Cheung George (2014) 17 HKCFAR 319 (mens rea of the money laundering offence).
  • C v Director of Immigration (2013) 16 HKCFAR 280 (recognising persecution non-refoulement).

2000

LL.M., University of Cambridge

1996

LL.B., University of Toronto

1993

B.Arts.Sc., McMaster University

appointments

  • Ian Davies Professorship in Ethics, The University of Hong Kong, 2023-2026
  • Notary Public, Ontario (Canada), 1998-present

Professor Young has been General Editor of Archbold Hong Kong since 2018.  His other books include The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts (Cambridge University Press 2023), Media Law and Policy in the Internet Age (Hart 2017), The Integrity of Criminal Process (Hart 2016), Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal (Cambridge University Press 2014), Electing Hong Kong’s Chief Executive (HKU Press 2010) and Civil Forfeiture of Criminal Property (Edward Elgar 2009).  

He also annotated the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance (Cap 525) published in The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong (LexisNexis 2020). More recently, he authored “Money Laundering in International Law” in the Oxford Bibliographies in International Law (2021), “Regional Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters: Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau” in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice (2022) (with M Manero de Lemos), and “Hong Kong” in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (2023) (open access).

Simon Updates

News Nov 17, 2025
Changing of the Guard: Archbold General Editor
News Mar 12, 2025
Parkside was delighted to mark a milestone with Simon Young following his Ian Davies Professor in...
News Jan 24, 2025
Parkside’s Simon Young appointed the Ian Davies Professor in Ethics by the University of Hong Kong
Cases Criminal Jun 18, 2024
Does section 3(2) of the Homicide Ordinance unjustifiably derogate from the Appellant’s right of presumption of...
Cases Criminal Dec 22, 2023
Court of Final Appeal grants leave to hear appeal on constitutionality of the defence of diminished...
News Nov 8, 2023
Life at the Bar – Parkside Chambers
Cases Criminal Sep 7, 2023
Court of First Instance denies application for habeas corpus by fugitive