Since its original publication in 2010, Family Court Practice has become a required reading for lawyers and judges engaged in family practice at all levels in Hong Kong (Family Court, High Court, and Court of Final Appeal). Being a comprehensive, practical, and critical account of the law drafted from the viewpoint of experienced practitioners, this book contains the only one-stop comprehensive collection of primary sources (Practice Directions, Ordinances, subsidiary legislation, and international law), and practice and procedure checklists. It also includes precedents, ancillary relief tables, lists of leading cases, and useful websites arranged by subject.
Solicitor (1986), Mediator, Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, Former Adjunct Professor of Hong Kong Shue Yan University and City University of Hong Kong. Dennis Ho
Dennis Chi Kuen Ho has practised family law for over 30 years and is now the Chairman of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong. He was a part time lecturer on family law for the Juris Doctorates in the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the City University of Hong Kong, and was an adjunct professor to the Hong Kong Shue Yan University and to City University of Hong Kong. He is also a family mediator, Parents Coordinator and a trained practitioner for Collaborative Practice in Hong Kong to resolve family disputes.
Barrister-at-Law, England & Wales (1990), Hong Kong (2000), Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, CEDR Accredited Mediator Keith Hotten
Keith Hotten is a practising barrister and member of Admiralty Chambers. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. A member of the Middle Temple, he practised from chambers in London from 1990 until he was Called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2000. He now specialises in all aspects of family law and matrimonial finance in the Family Court and is a CEDR accredited mediator.
Mathilda Kwong obtained a double degree of BBA (Law), majoring in wealth management & LLB at the University of Hong Kong. She is currently practising as a barrister-at-law at QED Chambers. She has contributed to the editing of Hotten and Ho on Family and Divorce Law in Hong Kong since 2020. She is developing her matrimonial law practice in Hong Kong.