Speakers' Profiles

Mrs. Cecilia Wong is an experienced accredited general mediator, family mediator and family mediation supervisor, and she has conducted hundreds of mediations in various types of disputes, including commercial disputes, personal injuries and negligence cases, construction and building management disputes, family cases, financial disputes and intellectual property disputes, etc. Since 2016, she was appointed as a mediator of the Qianhai Court, Shenzhen, PRC. Moreover, she is an active speaker, lecturer, trainer and assessor at various seminars, conferences, courses and assessments on mediation and ADR. Some of the recent international conferences at which she spoke include “Choose mediation to resolve commercial disputes” at APEC Workshop, Lima, Peru, 26 Feb 2016; “Commercial Mediation Practice” at the 3rd Shanghai-Hong Kong Commercial Mediation Conference, 17-18 March 2016; “Hong Kong – the international dispute resolution centre in Asia Pacific” at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum Russia on 18 May 2016; “Professional Training & Expertise of Mediators in Hong Kong” at Nanjing Mediation Conference on 25 October 2019; and “Risk Management in Mediation and Arbitration for International and Cross-border Dispute” at 32nd LAWASIA Conference Hong Kong 2019. In addition, she is also very involved in promoting the development of mediation in Hong Kong and has served on various mediation working parties and committees. Presently, she is the Chairlady of the Mediation Committee, the Mediator and Parenting Coordinator Admission Committee of the Law Society, and a member of the Chief Justice’s Working Party on Mediation, etc.

The Hon Mr Justice Lam was born in Hong Kong in 1961. He obtained an LL.B. and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1983 and 1984 respectively. He was called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1984 and was in private practice since 1985 until he joined the Judiciary as District Judge in 2001. He was appointed as Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2003 and Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court in 2012. He was appointed as Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court in September 2, 2013.

He is currently the Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, Chairman of both the Judiciary’s Working Party on Mediation and the Family Proceedings Court Users’ Committee as well as the Member of the Steering Committee on Mediation set up by the Secretary for Justice.

Master Dick Ho was born in Hong Kong in 1962. He obtained LL.B. from the University of London in 1994 and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1995. He was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1997 and was in private practice before joining the Department of Justice as Government Counsel in 1998. He was appointed as a Permanent Magistrate in 2009 and Principal Magistrate in 2017. He is currently serving as a Deputy Registrar of the High Court.

Mr Lung was born in Hong Kong in 1980. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws Degree and a P.C.LL. both from the University of Hong Kong in 2002 and 2003 respectively. He further acquired a Master of Arts Degree in Social Work (Family-Centred Practice and Family Therapy) from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2017. He was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2005. He is an accredited General Mediator and Assessor, Family Mediator and Family Mediation Supervisor by the Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited. He is appointed as a Permanent Magistrate in 2020. He is currently serving as an Adjudicator of Small Claims Tribunal.

Rejina was admitted as a solicitor of HKSAR in 2001. She has obtained accreditation of Qualified General Mediator by Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre in 2011.

In her years of practice as a solicitor, Rejina has acted for both plaintiffs and defendants in various kinds of litigation in commercial disputes, intellectual property litigation, employment, probate and matrimonial matters with focus on employees’ compensation, personal injury, motor liability and property damage claims, road traffic prosecutions, industrial summonses in recent years. Mediation is one of the most commonly adopted and effective dispute resolution methods.

Rejina is a partner of Messrs. Winnie Leung and Co. Solicitors which is active in insurer-related contentious and non-contentious matters.

Mr Lui was born in Hong Kong. He was called to the Bar in England and Wales (Gray's Inn) in 1997 and in Hong Kong in 1998. He became a Mediator accredited by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre in 2007. He had been in private practice since 1999 before joining the Judiciary as a magistrate in 2009. He is currently serving as the Registrar of the District Court.