OLQE - LexOmnibus

The Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination (OLQE) Preparatory Courses 2010

Head I - Conveyancing

Conveyancing
Professor Michael Wilkinson Professor Michael Wilkinson
Chairman of the Law Faculty Board & Former Head of Department of Professional Legal Education, The University of Hong Kong

Professor Michael Wilkinson BA, LLB (Cantab) is Chairman of the Law Faculty Board and former Head of the Department of Professional Legal Education at the University of Hong Kong. He is a barrister-at-law of the Inner Temple.

He specialises in teaching conveyancing, civil litigation and professional ethics and has published books in these areas, including the seminal publications "Hong Kong Conveyancing Law and Practice" and "Cases and Materials" in 9 volumes together with the student version (now in its fifth edition), Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong in three loose-leaf volumes, and "A Guide to Civil Procedure in Hong Kong", 3rd Edition. He is also the University's Public Orator. Michael has taught Conveyancing on the OLQE courses since their inception.
Mortgages
Desmond Greenwood Desmond Greenwood
Consultant, Hampton, Winter & Glynn

Desmond is a former teaching consultant at the Faculty of Law in the University of Hong KOng and a former In-house counsel at Citibank NA. He is also a co-author of "Contract Law in Hong Kong". This is Desmond's 9th year to teach on our OLQE Preparatory Courses.


Head II - Civil & Criminal Procedures

Civil Procedure
Professor Michael Wilkinson Professor Michael Wilkinson
Chairman of the Law Faculty Board & Former Head of Department of Professional Legal Education, The University of Hong Kong

Professor Michael Wilkinson BA, LLB (Cantab) is Chairman of the Law Faculty Board and former Head of the Department of Professional Legal Education at the University of Hong Kong. He is a barrister-at-law of the Inner Temple.

He specialises in teaching conveyancing, civil litigation and professional ethics and has published books in these areas, including the seminal publications "Hong Kong Conveyancing Law and Practice" and "Cases and Materials" in 9 volumes together with the student version (now in its fifth edition), Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong in three loose-leaf volumes, and "A Guide to Civil Procedure in Hong Kong", 3rd Edition. He is also the University's Public Orator. Michael has taught Conveyancing on the OLQE courses since their inception.
Alfred Chung Ping CHENG Alfred Chung Ping CHENG
Barrister-at-law, Alan Leong's Chambers

Alfred read law at the University of Hong Kong and University of Cambridge. He was the Bar Scholar in 2005 and started his practice as a barrister in 2006. His practice mainly involves civil work, concentrating on administrative law, commercial and personal injuries cases. In 2008, he was the research assistant to the Judiciary for the Civil Justice Reform, providing materials for training courses attended by judges and judicial officers.

He has been teaching at the University of Hong Kong as a guest lecturer and a tutor since 2006. He has taught a seminar course in Commercial Law Practice, and has been leading tutorials in Administrative Law. He was also the coach of the HKU team for the Wilhelm C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot for 4 years.
Criminal Procedure
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).


Head III - Commercial & Company Law

Commercial & Company Law
Robert Ogilvy Watson Robert Ogilvy Watson
Partner, Ashurst Hong Kong;
LLB (London);
Solicitor, Supreme Court of England and Wales;
Solicitor, Law Society of Hong Kong


Robert Ogilvy Watson became a partner with the international law firm Ashurst in May 2001 and has practised as solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial law since November 1993. Robert specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities transactions, including IPOs and secondary offerings. Robert was Secretary to the UK Takeover Panel from 2002 to 2004 and has particular expertise in acting for investment backs and public companies on public M&A. Robert has lectured regularly at international investment banks on legal topics and internally at Ashurst as a presenter on its internal training programme for solicitors.


Head IV - Accounts & Professional Conduct

Accounts
Dr. Dennis Suk Sun CHAN Dr. Dennis Suk Sun CHAN


Dr. Chan was formerly Director of School of Professional Education and Executive Development (SPEED) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prior to that, he was Associate Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Accountancy (as it was formerly known) of the PolyU. Dr Chan has over 20 years of experience in developing and teaching accounting and finance courses and programmes, as offered by local universities in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland. In maintaining close links with the professions, Dr Chan has taken up consultancy work and acted as external examiners or committee members for several local professional and regulatory bodies, including the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, CPA Australia, the Hong Kong Securities Institute, the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (as it was formerly known). Dr. Chan is a Fellow member of CPA Australia.
Professional Conduct
Gaynor Tallentire Gaynor Tallentire
Senior Teaching Consultant, Department of Professional Legal Education, The University of Hong Kong

Gaynor was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1982 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1996. Gaynor is a past Deputy Editor of the Hong Kong Law Digest. Gaynor has taught Professional Conduct and Practice, Criminal Procedure and Litigation and Advocacy on the PCLL programmes for The University of Hong Kong, City University and Chinese University. Gaynor also teaches LLB London External and on the Diploma in Legal Studies for HKU Space and for PDLES at Chinese University.



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)