OLQE - LexOmnibus

The Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination (OLQE) Preparatory Courses 2010

David Cheuk Yin LEUNG David Cheuk Yin LEUNG
Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, 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 Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Department of Justice (DOJ), Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. David regularly provides legal advices to law enforcement agencies, prosecutes criminal trials and criminal appeals.

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

David regularly conducts workshops and training for the Advanced Legal Education Programmes for the Hong Kong Bar Association and advocacy workshops for the Hong Kong Academcy of Law and taught on CPD programmes. He was the speaker of Criminal Procedure of Head II, OLQE for LexOmnibus in 2008 and 2009.

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 2010) and a contributor of "Professional Conduct and Risk Management in Hong Kong" (December 2007).



Examination Dates
Important Dates
  • Closing date for lodging application to sit the 2010 OLQE Examinations9 Jul 2010 (Fri)
  • Closing date for registration to sit the 2010 OLQE Examinations20 Aug 2010 (Fri)
  • Issue of candidate slips13-17 Sep 2010
  • Last date to advise of disability28 Sep 2010 (Tue)
  • Last day to withdraw from Examiantion to be eligible for part refund of registration fee14 Oct 2010 (Thu)
  • Provisional date for release of the results31 Jan 2011 (Mon)