Ng Ka Lok Alex
吳家樂

Alex joined Chambers in 2022 upon completion of pupillage with Mr. Erik Shum, Ms. Queenie Ng, Mr. Lawrence Hui and Mr. Alfred Cheng.

Prior to joining the Bar, Alex served as a senior inspector in the Customs and Excise Department (“C&ED”).  Having worked at the C&ED for 10 years, Alex had the experience in handling various criminal cases, such as money laundering, cross-border drug trafficking, smuggling, illicit cigarettes, intellectual property rights infringement, Trade Descriptions Ordinance offences and forfeiture proceedings.  Apart from criminal matters, Alex was also one of the few officers in charging of internal investigations and disciplinary proceedings.

Since joining the Bar, Alex has been maintaining a strong criminal practice in a broad spectrum of cases, including fraud and dishonesty offences, bribery and corruption offences, drugs related offences, sexual offences, violence offences, triad related offences, smuggling offences, illicit cigarette offences, intellectual property rights infringement, Trade Descriptions Ordinance offences, immigration offences, road traffic offences, industrial summonses and forfeiture proceedings.

On the civil side, Alex has the experience in handling cases involving areas such as commercial and contractual disputes, bankruptcy and companies’ winding up, land and property disputes, adverse possession, building management, trust, probate, matrimonial disputes, medical negligence, personal injuries, employees’ compensation claims, medical council inquiry, building appeal, administrative appeal for Mahjong/Tin Kau Licence and Firearms Licence, municipal services appeal for Liquor Licence.

Alex is capable of providing written submissions and conducting hearings in both English and Chinese.  He is developing a broad civil and criminal practice, and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work.

Education
PCLL, The University of Hong Kong
Juris Doctor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Selected Cases

Criminal
WKCC 3200/2023 – Acquittal of voyeurism after trial (as sole advocate)
WKCC 991/2023 – Acquittal of being the person in charge of a vessel of less than 250 gross tons used for the purpose of smuggling after trial with costs awarded (as sole advocate)
ESCC 380/2023 – Acquittal of assisting with the carrying of cargo with intent to assist another person to export the cargo without a manifest after trial for two defendants (as sole advocate)
ESS 37594/2023 – Acquittal of careless driving after trial with costs awarded (as sole advocate)
WKS 17850/2023 – Acquittal of careless driving after trial (as sole advocate)
FLS 11079-11080/2022 – No case to answer for a corporate defendant summonsed for two counts of smuggling offence, i.e. attempting to export unmanifested cargo and attempting to export undeclared cargo on a prescribed vehicle with costs awarded (as sole advocate)
ESCC 2377/2022 – Acquittal of obstructing a public officer and careless driving after trial (as sole advocate)

Civil
Buddy Finance Limited v. Tang Yiu Tong & Others DCMP 1298/2023 – Successful application for delivery of vacant possession and an order for sale of a property in relation to a mortgage action (as sole advocate)