OLQE - LexOmnibus

The Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination (OLQE) Preparatory Courses 2013

Gary Meggitt Gary Meggitt
Assistant Professor, Department of Professional Legal Education, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong;
Solicitor Advocate, England & Wales;
Barrister-at-law, Lincoln's Inn;
CEDR Accredited Mediator


Gary qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and practiced insurance litigation with several leading UK firms. He was also subsequently Called to the Bar in England.

He began teaching at BPP in 2000. He was a Director of BPP Professional Development in 2004-05 and was the Course Director of BPP Law School's Full-Time Bar Vocational Course (BVC) in 2005-07.

Gary joined HKU in 2007 and teaches civil procedure, commercial litigation and professional practice on the PCLL. He also teaches insurance law on the LLB and LLM programmes.

He is a Deputy Director of the Faculty's Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL). He is also a member of the editorial board of the Hong Kong Law Journal.

Gary is a member of the Law Society's Insurance Law Committee and a member of the Examining Panel under the Higher Rights of Audience Rules. He is also a former director of the Hong Kong Insurance Law Association



Examination Dates
Important Dates
  • Closing date for lodging application to sit the 2013 OLQE Examinations28 Jun 2013 (Fri)
  • Closing date for registration to sit the 2013 OLQE Examinations16 Aug 2013 (Fri)
  • Issue of candidate slips16-19 Sep 2013
  • Last date to advise of disability7 Oct 2013 (Mon)
  • Last day to withdraw from Examiantion to be eligible for part refund of registration fee24 Oct 2013 (Thu)
  • Provisional date for release of the results28 Feb 2014 (Fri)