Dr Alwin Chan

Dr Alwin Chan

Principal Lecturer

LLB, PCLL & PhD (HKU)
LLM (London School of Economics)
Barrister of the High Court of the HKSAR

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Biography

After calling to the bar in 2005, Alwin has developed a civil practice with an emphasis on land, building management and personal injuries matters. He joined HKU in 2015 and has since taught numerous LLB, JD, and PCLL courses, including civil litigation, land law (at all levels), conveyancing, civil advocacy, personal injuries, and professional practice & management.

In respect of research, Alwin is a co-author of ‘Private Takings of Land for Urban Redevelopment: A Tale of Two Cities‘ (2021) 69 (2) The American Journal of Comparative Law 295, and sole author of “The Social Good Shortfall: Reframing Takings Doctrine for Housing-Scarce Cities” (2026) The Asian Business Lawyer (forthcoming). Alwin was also a consultant to the Task Force for the Study on Tenancy Control of Subdivided Units in 2020-21, and the recommendations were largely adopted in the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Amendment Bill 2021, which is now Part IVA of the LTCO. Further, he is a co-author of the new volume (Vol. 18(1)) on Conveyancing in the Halsbury Laws of Hong Kong, and is an annotator for the Annotated Ordinance of Hong Kong: Conveyancing and Property Ordinance (Cap 219).

In respect of service to the legal profession, Alwin has been an examiner for the Law Society of Hong Kong’s Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination (OLQE) Head I (Conveyancing), the PCEA Conversion Exam in Hong Kong Land Law, and the Higher Rights of Assessment Board.

In his legal practice, recent notable cases include Pang Kam Chuen v Pang Kam Bor [2026] 1 HKLRD 261 (CA – allowed appeal on ‘plainly wrong’ findings of facts), Yu Kwok Wa v China Telecom Global Ltd [2023] 1 HKLRD 1043 (CA – whether ECC ‘accident’ can be an ‘internal accident’, i.e. stroke suffered in the office), and Chan San v Hans Li [2020] HKCA 501, [2019] HKCFI 714 (trial and appeal on adverse possession of land, partly of which a “private” road built by the squatter)