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The Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination (OLQE) Preparatory Courses 2022

Adrian But Adrian But
Barrister-at-Law, Sir Oswald Cheung' Chambers

Adrian graduated from the University of Hong Kong with double degrees in BSocSc(Govt&Laws) and LLB. After calling to the bar in 2011, he has a broad civil practice with a profound interests on chancery litigation and other property-related matters as highlighted below:

1. Conveyancing disputes
2. Landlord and tenant litigation
3. Trusts, contentious probate and inheritance matters
4. Compulsory land acquisitions and compensation
5. Adverse possession and land boundary problems
6. Building management disputes
7. Customary law, Small Houses and NT-related affairs
8. Just and equitable winding-up and other shareholders' remedies

Apart from his private practice, Adrian is currently appointed as an adjunct professor in the University of Hong Kong. He regularly runs lectures on various law courses, including Land Law III (Conveyancing) (in both LLB and JD programs) and Property Litigation (PCLL Elective). He has given CPD talks on topical issues, which includes the featuring of rent controls under Part IVA of Cap.7 as newly enacted in 2022.

Adrian also serves a member of the Hong Kong Bar Association' Standing Committee on Legal Education 2022.



Examination Date
Important Dates
  • Opening date for lodging application to sit the 2022 Examination4 Feb 2022 (Fri)
  • Closing date for lodging the application to sit the 2022 Examination29 Apr 2022 (Fri)
  • Closing date for registration to sit the 2022 OLQE Examinations31 Aug 2022 (Wed)
  • Issue of candidate slips23 Sep 2022 (Fri)
  • Last date to advise on disability23 Sep 2022 (Fri)
  • Last day to withdraw from Examiantion to be eligible for a partial refund of registration fee 11 Oct 2022 (Tue)
  • Provisional date for release of the results 10 Mar 2023 (Fri)