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Head II

OLQE 2009

Please note that there is a RE-PRINT version of the "Student Guide to Civil Procedure in Hong Kong" Third Edition (2009), LexisNexis

The Judiciary has amended the number of the practice direction, which the re-print version already includes.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
The Examination will test candidates on the relevant law up to 31 August 2009
Head II Speakers
Civil Procedure
Professor Michael Wilkinson 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. He specialises in the teaching of conveyancing and litigation and has published books in these areas, including the seminal publications "Hong Kong Conveyancing Law and Practice, 5th Edition" and "Students' Guide to Civil Procedure to Hong Kong, 3rd Edition" Michael has taught Conveyancing on the OLQE courses since their inception.
Alfred Chung Ping CHENG Alfred Chung Ping CHENG
Barrister-at-law, Alan Leong's Chambers

Alfred read law at the University of Hong Kong and 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 has been teaching at the University of Hong Kong as a guest lecturer and a tutor since 2006. He has taught a seminar course in Commercial Law Practice, and has been leading tutorials in Administrative Law. He was also the coach of the HKU team for the Wilhelm C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot for 4 years.
Criminal Procedure
David Cheuk Yin LEUNG David Cheuk Yin LEUNG
Senior Public Prosecutor, Deputy Section Head of the Appeals Section, Prosecutions Division, Department of Justice

David obtained his LL.B. (Hons.) at the University of Hong Kong in 1989 and his LL.M. in 1996. He was admitted a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1992 and subsequently a barrister in 1998. He worked in a law firm in private practice between 1990 to 1995 and then joined the then Legal Department as a Crown Counsel. He is currently the Deputy Section Head of the Appeals Section, Prosecutions Division, Department of Justice (DOJ), Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. David provides legal advices to law enforcement agencies, prosecute criminal trials and criminal appeals.

David has experience in teaching law subjects at the City University, University of Hong Kong and the University of Science and Technology. He has taught Criminal Law, Civil and Criminal Procedure, Civil and Criminal Advocacy and Procedure and Proof in Arbitration. In 2000, David was appointed as an Honorary Lecturer of the Department of Professional Legal Education, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong. He remains an Honorary Lecturer today.

David has conducted workshops and training for the Advanced Legal Education Programmes for the Hong Kong Bar Association and taught on CPD programmes.

Legal publications by David include Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong of the Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance, Cap. 492 (1997 and 2007), Hong Kong Archbold 2004, a contributor of "Electronic Evidence : Disclosure, Discovery & Admissibility" (May 2007) and a contributor of "Professional Conduct and Risk Management in Hong Kong" (December 2007)
His Honour Judge Tallentire His Honour Judge Tallentire
District Judge, District Court

Judge Tallentire obtained his B.A. (Hons) degree in Law at the University of Nottingham in 1972, and was admitted as a solicitor in 1975.

From 1972 to 1977, Judge Tallentire was a Court Clerk and Solicitor Court Clerk in Nottingham City Magistrates Court. During the period between 1977 and 1980, he was a Deputy Clerk to the Justices, Worksop and East Retford in Nottinghamshire. Then from 1980 to 1988, he was a Clerk to the Justices, Barrow-in-Furness, Lonsdale North of the Sands, and Millom, Cumbria. In his final post in the U.K., he was a Training Officer for staff and Magistrates.

Between 1988 and 1997, Judge Tallentire was a magistrate in Hong Kong. From 1997 until present, he is a principal Magistrate. He has sat on numerous committees of the Judiciary and has on two occasions acted as Chief Magistrate. Since 1993, he has regularly acted as a District Judge and was appointed as District Judge in September 2009.

Since coming to Hong Kong, Judge Tallentire has regularly taught at the University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, and SPACE. He is a professional mentor for the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In addition, he has participated in the Judiciary's in-house training programmes, he has also judged various moots and taught on the CPD programmes.

His legal publications include: Hong Kong Archbold 2004 (as a supervising editor) and a section of 'Court in Time'.
Head II Examination Date
3 November 2009 (Tuesday)
Head II Class Schedule
Date Time Hrs Topic   Speaker Remarks
Mon 13 Jul 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Criminal Procedure L1# David Leung
Tue 14 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Civil Procedure L2 Alfred
Thu 16 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Civil Procedure L3 Alfred
Mon 20 Jul 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Criminal Procedure L4 David Leung
Tue 21 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Civil Procedure L5 Alfred
Thu 23 Jul 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Civil Procedure L6 Alfred
Sat 25 Jul 2:00pm - 5:15pm 3 Civil Procedure L7 Alfred
Mon 27 Jul 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Criminal Procedure L8 David Leung
Tue 28 Jul 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Civil Procedure L9 Alfred
Wed 29 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Criminal Procedure L10 Judge Tallentire
Thu 30 Jul 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Civil Procedure L11 Alfred
Mon 3 Aug 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Civil Procedure L12 Alfred
Tue 4 Aug 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Criminal Procedure L13 David Leung
Mon 10 Aug 7:00pm - 9:15pm 2 Civil Procedure R1 Michael
Tue 11 Aug 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Criminal Procedure L14 David Leung
Thu 13 Aug 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Criminal Procedure L15 David Leung
Fri 14 Aug 7:00pm - 9:15pm 2 Civil Procedure R2 Michael
Mon 17 Aug 7:00pm - 9:15pm 2 Civil Procedure R3 Michael
Fri 21 Aug 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Criminal Procedure R4 David Leung
Tue 25 Aug 7:00pm - 9:15pm 2 Civil Procedure R5 Michael
Fri 11 Sep 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Criminal Procedure R6 David Leung
Fri 18 Sep 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Civil Procedure R7 Alfred
Mon 21 Sep 6:30pm - 7:30pm 1 Criminal Procedure R8 Judge Tallentire
Mon 21 Sep 7:45pm - 9:45pm 2 Criminal Procedure R8 David Leung
Fri 2 Oct 6:30pm - 10:00pm 3.5 Mock Examination
Mon 5 Oct 7:00pm - 9:15pm 2 Civil Procedure R9 Michael
Mon 12 Oct 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Mock Exam Feedback David Leung, Alfred
Head II Class Venue
Room 306, 3/F Printing House, 6 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong [View Map]
Signing in & out at Registration Registration begins 20 minutes before the start of each session. Bad Weather Policy Class sessions will be cancelled if a No. 8 higher tropical cyclone signal or black storm warning is raised within 3 hours before the start of registration or during the session. In the event of cancellation due to bad weather, the session will be re-schedule.
No CPD Course for OLQE 2009 at the moment.
Examination Dates
Important Dates
  • Closing date for lodging application to sit the 2009 OLQE Examinations10 Jul 2009 (Fri)
  • Closing date for registration to sit the 2009 OLQE Examinations21 Aug 2009 (Fri)
  • The Examination will test candidates on the relevant law up to31 Aug 2009 (Mon)
  • Issue of candidate slips14-18 Sep 2009
  • Last date to advise of disability29 Sep 2009 (Tue)
  • Last day to withdraw from Examiantion to be eligible for part refund of registration fee15 Oct 2009 (Thu)
  • Provisional date for release of the results1 Feb 2010 (Mon)