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Our professional negligence team is equipped with the knowledge of various professional industries, including accounting, financial and insolvency practices.
We provide a wide range of services ranging from defending very serious claims in relation to professional negligence and wilful misconduct at various levels of the courts and tribunals, to dealing with relatively minor complaints at the hearings held by the Disciplinary Committee of the relevant professional bodies.
Notwithstanding that the disputes involving professionals can be complicated and intertwined with various aspects of law and practical commercial considerations, our team, having both an in-depth knowledge and an established practice in acting for professionals, is able to offer efficient, cost-effective and tailor-made solutions to safeguard clients’ interest in a commercial manner.
- Acting for professional parties in defending claims for alleged professional negligence and misconduct, as well as breach of statutory, contractual and common law duties, etc.
- Acting for professional parties in answering complaints and investigation in disciplinary proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee of the relevant professional body
- Acting for claimants in bringing actions against professional parties for professional negligence and misconduct, as well as breach of statutory, contractual and common law duties, etc.
- Acting for a leading international audit firm and a certified public accountant in the appeal against the order of the Disciplinary Committee of the HKICPA before the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal.
- Acting for the liquidators of a company listed in Hong Kong in pursuing audit negligence claims against the former auditors of the company for failure to detect false trading, misappropriation and fraud over the course of multiple years.
- Acting for a financial controller of a company listed in Hong Kong and subject to a winding up order in defending an action in relation to the company’s affairs having been conducted in a manner involving misfeasance or other misconduct.
Attention
Regularly providing advice and being relied upon, professionals are held to a very demanding standard of care and owe duties to clients, third parties, and even to the Court in some instances. A professional’s lapse of attention could lead to a multi-million-dollar claim.
Indeed, services rendered by accounting and finance practitioners as well as insolvency office appointment takers are the most litigation-intensive areas. In the capacity of auditors and financial advisers, accountants frequently face claims from liquidators; whereas in the capacity of provisional liquidators, liquidators, receivers or trustees in bankruptcy, legal proceedings (which may involve multiple jurisdictions, whether contentious or not) are almost inevitable.
Recognitions
Ince has been awarded the Port & Terminal Law Firm of the Year 2026 – Hong Kong Award presented by the Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine of the UK.
Ince has been awarded the China Business Law Awards 2026 in the sector of “Shipping” category.
Ince has been awarded the China Business Law Awards 2026 in the practice area of “Restructuring and Insolvency” category.
Anderson Siu has been recognized as a Future Star in her personal ranking.
Rosita Lau has been recognized as a Litigation Star in her personal ranking.
Ince recognised as a Recommended firm for Construction in the Benchmark Litigation 2026.
Ince recognised as a Recommended firm for Commercial and Transactions in the Benchmark Litigation 2026.
Ince ranked Tier 3 for Shipping in the Benchmark Litigation 2026 rankings.
Rosita Lau has been selected and awarded as the “Shipping Law Expert of the Year 2026 in Hong Kong Award”.
Rosita Lau has been ranked as a Band 1 lawyer in the Insurance: Contentious ranking.
CFA rules on Milmo Rule and Priority Rights under Land Registration: Lessons from To Sze On
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Limitation on Statutory Rights Arising from Holding Listco Shares Through Brokers
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A Director’s Duty Runs to the Company, Not the Group
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