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Professor Michael Wilkinson
Chairman of the Law Faculty Board & Former Head of Department of Professional Legal Education, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Michael Wilkinson BA, LLB (Cantab) is Chairman of the Law Faculty Board and former Head of the Department of Professional Legal Education at the University of Hong Kong. He is a barrister-at-law of the Inner Temple.
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Alfred Chung Ping CHENG
Barrister-at-law, Alan Leong's Chambers
Alfred read law at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Cambridge. He was the Bar Scholar in 2005 and started his practice as a barrister in 2006. His practice mainly involves civil work, concentrating on administrative law, commercial and personal injuries cases. In 2008, he was the research assistant to the Judiciary for the Civil Justice Reform, providing materials for training courses attended by judges and judicial officers. He is also a CEDR accredited mediator.
He has been teaching at the University of Hong Kong since 2006, and is now an Adjunct Associate Professor of the Department of Law. For the undergraduate degree, he has taught Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Tort Law, Equity & Trusts, and Legal History. For the PCLL course, he has been a tutor for Civil Litigation & Advocacy, and the Personal Injuries elective.
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Dr. Davy Wu
Senior Lecturer, Department of Accountancy and Law, Hong Kong Baptist University
Davy's research interests include company law, corporate governance, and corporate rescue. He attained a doctorate degree in law from The University of Hong Kong and a master's degree in business administration from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a member of the Advisory Group on Modernisation of Corporate Insolvency Law (appointed by the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Government). He is a director of a professional diploma programme in insolvency for the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also an independent non-executive director of Convoy Financial Services Holdings Limited.
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Ody Apostol Lai
Ody is also a Fellow Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong and in Philippines. She worked in various accounting and managerial positions for more than 15 years.
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Dr. Alex Lau
Dr. Alex Lau is a Consultant of Haldanes. He is an examiner in Head V of OLQE. He has previously taught OLQE Head I (L & T), III and IV (conduct). At the Law Society of Hong Kong, he sits on the Guidance Committee and is also an RME tutor. Alex is a graduate of the universities of Aberdeen (PhD), UCL (LLM), S. Mdst (LLM), W. Ontario (EMBA) (Distinction), NYU/HKUST (Finance), HKU (PCLL), and City Poly (BA Law). He appeared in Who's Who of the Law in HK in 1998, 2000 and 2003/4.
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Gary Meggitt
Associate Professor, Department of Professional Legal Education, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong; Solicitor Advocate, England & Wales; Barrister-at-law, Lincoln's Inn; CEDR Accredited Mediator
Gary qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and practiced insurance litigation with several leading UK firms. He was also subsequently Called to the Bar in England.
He began teaching at BPP in 2000. He was a Director of BPP Professional Development in 2004-05 and was the Course Director of BPP Law School's Full-Time Bar Vocational Course (BVC) in 2005-07.
Gary joined HKU in 2007 and teaches civil procedure, commercial litigation and professional practice on the PCLL. He also teaches insurance law on the LLB and LLM programmes.
He is a Director of the Faculty's Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL). He is also a member of the editorial board of the Hong Kong Law Journal.
Gary is a member of the Law Society's Insurance Law Committee and a member of the Examining Panel under the Higher Rights of Audience Rules. He is also a former director of the Hong Kong Insurance Law Association
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Amanda Whitfort
Associate Professor, Department of Professional Legal Education, The University of Hong Kong; Barrister of the High Court of Hong Kong; Barrister and Solicitor of the Supteme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia;
Amanda is an Associate Professor in the Department of Professional Legal Education where she has led the Criminal Litigation course on The University of Hong Kong's Postgraduate Certificate of Laws for 12 years. She has also taught Professional Practice, Civil Litigation, and Advocacy, both the University of Hong Kong and at the City University of Hong Kong.
She has extensive experience in trial prosecution in Australia where she is admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia. In 2005 she was the first local candiate to pass the Hong Kong Bar Association's Qualification Examinations.
She is currently a parctising member of the Hong Kong Bar and a preosecutor on fiat for the Department of Justice in Hong Kong. In 2001 she was awarded the University of London's Convocation Trust Brigid Cotter prize for obtaining the highest aggregate on the external LLM programme.
She is currently chief examiner for The Law Society of Hong Kong's Overseas Lawyer's Qualification Examinations in Criminal Procedure (Head II) and was previously an examiner in Professional Conduct (Head IV), for seven years.
Her research interests include criminal justice and administration, environmental law (incuding animal law), and PRC criminal law and procedure.
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OLQE 2015
Brochure
Our Speakers
OLQE Calendar
Examination Dates
Head I 27 October 2015 (Tue) Head II 6 November 2015 (Fri) Head III 9 November 2015 (Mon) Head IV 12 November 2015 (Thu) Head V 17 December 2015 (Thu) Head VI 3 November 2015 (Tue)
Important Dates |
Closing date for lodging application to sit the 2015 OLQE Examinations
29 May 2015 (Fri)
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Closing date for registration to sit the 2015 OLQE Examinations
14 Aug 2015 (Fri)
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Issue of candidate slips
7-11 Sep 2015
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Last date to advise of disability
29 Sep 2015 (Tue)
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Last day to withdraw from Examiantion to be eligible for part refund of registration fee
13 Oct 2015 (Tue)
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Provisional date for release of the results
24 Feb 2016 (Wed)
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