Adam Hugill interviews Frances Lok of Des Voeux Chambers about her path that lead her to build a strong career as a barrister in Hong Kong. They elaborate about some contentious employment matters they worked on together in the past 15 years as well as some other cases that Frances deals with, including some in the contentious probate area.

Frances also discusses her temporary appointments as a judge in the District Court and High Court of Hong Kong and development related to growing work concerning Mainland Chinese parties and arbitration.

SHOW NOTES: 04:07 A career at the Hong Kong Bar 07:15 Anton Piller cases 10:02 “Merry Christmas, Frances” and the BFAM v Mills case 13:22 Increasing number of arbitration cases 15:51 Contentious probate practice 18:16 The role as a judge

Transcripts and more on our Employment practice: https://www.hugillandip.com/2024/01/the-barrister-series-s5e2-employment-law-with-frances-lok/