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Barristers
Azan Marwah
Back to Barrister searchYear of call: 2012 (Hong Kong)
Azan specialises in matters involving cross-border, public or administrative law elements. He also has experience in corporate internal investigations, discrimination, election law, labour and employment as well as legislative drafting. He has extensive experience in mediation, as sole mediator, joint mediator and advocate.
Azan is a published expert in family and child law. Azan also contributes to Archbold, the White Book, and Chitty. He has been recognised as a leading Family & Divorce Law Barrister in Hong Kong by the Doyle’s Guide (2020).
Azan advises a number of charitable organisations, as well as teaches matrimonial law at the University of Hong Kong and ethics and law at the Chinese University Faculty of Medicine.
Practice Areas:
Legal Qualifications:
2011, PCLL, University of Hong Kong, 2011
2010, LLB, London School of Economics and University of Southern California
Memberships:
2020 - Member, Hong Kong Bar Association Standing Committee on Technology
Current - Member, Hong Kong Bar Association, Standing Committees on Equality & Diversity, Practice Development, Legal Aid Reform, and Co-Chair of Working Group on Sports Law
Current - Member, Hong Kong Family Law Association
2019-present, Board Member, Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights
2012-present, Honorary Legal Advisor, Mother’s Choice
2017-present, Honorary Legal Advisor, United Muslim Association of Hong Kong
Co-Founder, Moderator of Hong Kong Public Interest Lawyers (HKPIL)
2011, Accredited Mediator, CEDR
Scholarships, prizes & honourable mentions:
2013, Hong Kong Middle Temple Society Advocacy Scholarship
2010, American Jurisprudence Award (Mediation) (University of Southern California)
2006, Honorary Life Member, London School of Economics Student Union
Judicial/Statutory Body or Other Appointments:
2020- Present, Member, Chief Secretary for Administration's Advisory Committee on Legal Advice for Unprecedented Litigants
2018-present, Chairman, Appeal Tribunal Panel under the Buildings Ordinance, Section 48
2018, Member, Personalized Vehicle Registration Marks Vetting Committee
2012 - 2013, Judicial Assistant, Court of Final Appeal
2010, Court Mediator, Los Angeles County Courts
2019-present, Lecturer (Matrimonial Property & Practice), University of Hong Kong
2019-present, Adjunct Tutor (Faculty of Medicine), Chinese University of Hong Kong
Languages spoken:
English
Cases involved in:
Rev Marrz Balaoro v Secretary for Justice [2020] 1 HKLRD 1138 (CFI)
Judicial Review
LEUNG CHUN KWONG v SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE (2019) 22 HKCFAR 282
LEUNG CHUN KWONG v SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE (2019) 22 HKCFAR 127, [2019] 4 HKC 281
Lau Wing Hong v Chan Yuen Man, Amy (No.2) [2019] 5 HKLRD 1
Election petitions
SW v Secretary for Justice [2019] 1 HKLRD 768
Human rights, security of person
United Muslim Association of Hong Kong v Yusuf Yu [2018] 4 HKLRD 22
Company law
ZN v Secretary for Justice (2020) 23 HKCFAR 15 (CFA); [2018] 3 HKLRD 778 (CA); [2017] 1 HKLRD 559 (CFI)
Human trafficking
Lau Wing Hong v Chan Yuen Man, Amy [2018] 3 HKLRD 150
Election petitions
Leung Chun Kwong v Secretary for the Civil Service and Anor [2019] HKCFA 19 (CFA); [2018] 3 HKLRD 150, [2018] 3 HKLRD 84 (CA); and [2017] 2 HKLRD 1132, [2017] 3 HKC 274 (CFI)
Discrimination in employment, tax
Chan Ho Tin v Lo Ying Ki Alan [2018] 2 HKLRD 7, [2018] 2 HKC 213
Election petitions
VK v SAFG [2018] HKFC 126
Permanent child relocation
XY v Director of Legal Aid [2017] 5 HKLRD 787
Director of Legal Aid’s first charge
Designing Hong Kong Ltd v Town Planning Board, Secretary for Justice Intervening (2018) 21 HKCFAR 237; [2017] 3 HKLRD 560 (CA); [2015] 3 HKC 525 (CFI)
Protective costs orders
D v S, FD v Shek Kwok Ngai [2017] 2 HKLRD 940; [2017] 3 HKC 127
Sexual discrimination; indemnity costs
PD v LTY [2017] HKCFI 1104
Child abduction
HKSAR v Ho Loy (2016) 19 HKCFAR 110; [2015] 3 HKLRD 385 (CFI)
Legal certainty
ZN v Secretary for Justice [2016] 1 HKLRD 174
Judicial recusal
Archbold Hong Kong
Dr. Gerard “Gerry” McCoy SBS QC SC (General Editor (2004)) and Catherine FUNG (Contributing Editor) and Private: Emma Tsang (Contributing Editor (2011 - present)) and Private: Vicky Chung (Contributing Editor) and Daniel Hui (Contributing Editor (2014 - present)) and Azan Marwah (Contributing Editor (2015 - present))
Duxbury etc: Hong Kong Family Court Tables
Azan Marwah (General ditor & co-author)
Hong Kong Civil Procedure
Private: Andrew Bruce SC (Head of Chambers) (Consultant Editor) and Nick Luxton (Contributing Editor) and Azan Marwah (Contributing Editor) and Jacqueline Chan (Contributing Editor) and Private: Tina Mok (Contributing Editor) and Au Lut Chi (Contributing Editor (2018 - current))