Overview
Work History
Education
Mooting
Accomplishments
Other achievements
Timeline
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Darian Liu

Penultimate-year Law Student
Hong Kong

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Legal Intern

Ince & Co Hong Kong
07.2024 - 07.2024
  • Department of litigation
  • Prepared a bilingual list of questions for a client involved in a complex tort of conversion case concerning a construction company, to assist in witness preparation and support the effective presentation of the client’s witness statement
  • Attended industrial summons hearing, and drafted trial report email for a construction company client, outlining counsel’s and witness’s submissions at the hearing, for the management’s internal review and acknowledgment.
  • Attended court hearing concerning a writ of subpoena, compelling witness to testify on the operational mechanism of CCASS clearing services.
  • Translated legal documents, including evidence and witness statements in simplified Chinese to English

Mini-pupillage

Plowman Chambers
07.2023 - 08.2023
  • Worked under Mr. Hugh Kam
  • Conducted legal research on the principles governing injunctions against winding-up petitions
  • Conducted legal research on procedural rules on third-party intervention in legal proceedings
  • Drafted skeleton arguments for summary judgement in debt recovery case
  • Attended court hearings led by Ms. Mandy Yau, appearing as counsel on fiat for the Department of Justice

Mini-pupillage

Liberty Chambers
07.2023 - 07.2023
  • Worked under Mr. Foster Yim
  • Attended court hearings led by Mr. Yim, acting as counsel on fiat for the Department of Justice, involving cases of child abuse, blackmail, and illegal operation of gambling establishment.
  • Attended client meetings in relation to criminal matters, including cases involving drink driving and possession of false instruments.

Legal Intern

Fairbairn Catley Low & Kong
06.2023 - 07.2023
  • Worked under Mr. Eugene Cheng
  • Conducted case research and drafted a civil claim demand letter to the Incorporated Owners of a private housing estate in a water damage dispute, based on the tort of nuisance and breach of the Deed of Mutual Covenant
  • Assisted in legal aid cases involving juvenile offenders by reviewing video evidence and injury reports, and conducting research on potential sentencing outcomes for clients
  • Attended counsel meetings in commercial arbitration case involving alleged conversion of Bitcoin mining machines

Education

Bachelor of Laws -

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
09.2022 - Current

Secondary School - HKDSE

Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
09.2016 - 09.2022

Mooting

  • Rede Moot 2025

Competition organized by Rede Chambers, acted for the respondent in a Court of Final Appeal case concerning 'category 1' and 'category 2' constructive trust


  • Criminal Law Mooting Competition (2024)

Competition organized by the Advocacy and Mooting Society, acted for the respondent in an appeal case 

Accomplishments

  • FR. J. McCarthy Memorial Awards, Best Performance in English Language, First in Class, 2022

Best performance in HKDSE English Language within class

Other achievements

  • Second place team, USFHK Cross-Country Competition, 2023

Competing runner of CUHK's Cross-Country team


  • Champion, Male's 5km Run Junior 2, UNICEF Charity Run, 2023

Champion runner of the Junior 2 (16-19) age group


  • Best Cross-country Runner of Wah Yan College Hong Kong, 2020 - 2021

The fastest cross-country runner in school year


  • Third place team, HKSSF Division 1 Interschool Cross-Country Competition (2019)

Competing runner for Wah Yan College, Hong Kong’s Cross-Country A Grade team


  • Kyoto Summer Programme (2024)

Selected by CUHK to join a 2-week exchange programme organized by Kyoto University

Timeline

Legal Intern

Ince & Co Hong Kong
07.2024 - 07.2024

Mini-pupillage

Plowman Chambers
07.2023 - 08.2023

Mini-pupillage

Liberty Chambers
07.2023 - 07.2023

Legal Intern

Fairbairn Catley Low & Kong
06.2023 - 07.2023

Bachelor of Laws -

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
09.2022 - Current

Secondary School - HKDSE

Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
09.2016 - 09.2022
Darian LiuPenultimate-year Law Student