Christie Lee
Barrister
Call Year: 2022 (HK)
Christie has a predominantly family and matrimonial practice. She has experience in all contested main suit, matrimonial finances and children-related matters, including: contested nullity and divorce petitions, ancillary relief and preliminary issues, jurisdictional and forum non conveniens challenges, maintenance pending suit and litigation funding, specific discovery, enforcement (attachment of income order), and custody, care and control.
Christie also has experience in urgent ex parte applications under s.17 MPPO and DCRVO, successfully obtaining urgent injunctive reliefs.
Christie’s experience extends to public and private children-related matters, including: wardship, GMO applications, parental orders in surrogacy cases, and non-relative adoption. She also has experience in handling applications under the Inheritance (Provisions for Family and Dependants) Ordinance.
Christie’s private client practice extends to the mental health realm. She is familiar and has experience in all aspects of the Mental Health Ordinance, notably having represented relatives in contested and uncontested Part II applications, challenged the systemic deficiencies of the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Part IVA) and conditional discharge mechanism (Part III). She has also handled criminal matters with a mental health element, such as fitness to plead, and the insanity defence. In addition, she has advised clients on applying to the Court for appointment of a next friend and/or guardian ad litem under RHC O 90, if a party becomes mentally incapacitated after the proceedings have started.
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Testimonials
Matrimonial Finances
AA v WSC [2026] HKFC 17: appeared for the Wife in the ancillary relief trial, during which the following issues were canvassed: whether a club membership is capable of being transferred, whether the Husband’s post-separation accruals could be shared by the parties, whether the Wife can rely on the compensation principle to seek a departure from equality. (led by Robin Egerton and Azan Marwah)
W,YC (formerly known as W,YC) v T,WK and TWF [2024] HKFC 124: appeared for the Intervener in a 5-day trial on third party interest. His claim succeeded (led by Enzo Chow); [2024] HKFC 212: successfully resisting the Petitioner Wife’s application to reduce her costs liability to only 50% of the costs of the preliminary trial, despite being the unsuccessful party (as sole advocate).
Main Suit
DC v AS [2026] HKFC 7: appeared for the Wife in the main suit trial, defending against the Husband’s petition for nullity. (led by Enzo Chow)
Children Matters
黃 及 陳 [2023] HKFC 223, [2025] 2 HKLRD 593: appeared for the Wife in her application for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal against an order to return the family child. (as sole advocate in the Family Court, and led by Ken Chan in the Court of Appeal).
Applications under Inheritance (Provisions for Family and Dependants) Ordinance
LN, by his next friend A, LM v. LK, the Executor to the Estate of LC, Deceased [2024] HKFC 59: successfully overturned a Family Court Master’s decision in refusing to grant interim financial provision to LN (suing by his next friend) to be paid out of his father’s estate in one of the first appeals against Family Court Master decisions. (led by Shaphan Marwah on appeal, and Azan Marwah and Ronald Pang at first instance)
Mental Health
Ha Che Wai v Medical Superintendent of the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Psychiatric Observation Unit and Others [2025] HKCFI 5681: appeared for the Applicant in his application for judicial review. Hon Coleman J held that the Medical Superintendent and the Hospital Authority have the duty to ensure that mental health patients are aware of their rights to apply to the Mental Health Review Tribunal for review or discharge. (led by Nigel Kat SC, and Azan Marwah)
Criminal
HKSAR v Kwan Tat-yee (2024) 27 HKCFAR 6: appeal to the CFA against a murder conviction on two questions of law. The CFA discussed and settled the current Hong Kong position on the Liberato direction. (led by Eric Cheung, Solicitor Advocate, and Anthony Lai)
HKSAR v Yeung Fong-chu [2024] HKCFI 569: trial on attempted murder and administering poison to commit an indictable offence. Madam Yeung suffered from active psychosis at the time of the offence. She was sentenced to a hospital order for 12 months (led by Andrew Raffell).
HKSAR v Yuen Hoi-lam [2024] HKCA 872: successful appeal against conviction, on the ground that the Prosecution had split its case (led by Eric Cheung, Solicitor Advocate, and Anthony Lai); [2024] HKCA 1121: successfully resisted the Prosecution’s application for re-trial (led by Anthony Lai)
