Rachael Siu
蕭淑瑜大律師
Practice Profile
Rachael has more than a decade of experience as an advocate specializing in criminal litigation. She has extensive experience in conducting trials both on her own and as a led junior in High Court, District Court and Magistrates’ Courts.
During the period from 2017 to 2024, she has served as a deputy magistrate numerous times, presiding over trials covering a wide range of…
Call: 2010 (HK)
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Email: rachaelsiu@rwchambers.com
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Education
2018 MA in EU Competition Law (King’s College London)
2017 Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law
(King’s College London)
2009 PCLL (HKU)
2008 LLB (HKU)
Selected Cases
Court of First Instance – recent trials
HKSAR v. WANG, HCCC 79/2019
(representing a defendant in the jury trial of the charge “handling stolen good” which stems from an armed robbery)
HKSAR v. L.C.L & Others, [2021] HKCFI 2818, HCCC 126/2020
(representing the 5th defendant in the jury trial of the charge “conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice”)
HKSAR v. YING, [2020] HKCFI 909, HCCC 244/2019
(representing the defendant in the jury trial of the charge “trafficking in…
Appointments
Judicial Appointments
Deputy Magistrate 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024
Hong Kong Bar Association
Member, Bar Council 2021 - 2024
Chairman, Standing Committee on Welfare & Sports 2018 - 2020
Publications
2014
“Examination-in-Chief, Cross-Examination, Re-Examination – Evidence obtained from witnesses”, Discussion of Civil and Commercial Law by Hong Kong Barristers
Scholarships
/ Awards
2010 Middle Temple Society Advocacy Scholarship
2004 HKU Foundation Entrance Scholarship
Qualifications
2023
Solicitor of England and Wales (Non-practising)
2019
Lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia (Non-practising)
Languages
Fluent in Cantonese, English, Putonghua