Isaac Wu
胡 栢 昌 大 律 師
Call: 2023
Tel: 2155 9343
Fax: 2155 9323
Email: counsel@isaacpcwu.com
Secretary: Ms Joy Pow
Isaac joined Chambers after completing his pupillage under Mr Erik Shum, Mr Cheung Yiu Leung, Mr Douglas Kwok, and Ms Olivia Tsang. He holds a BBA(Law) (majoring in Accounting), an LLB, and a PCLL from the University of Hong Kong, ranking second in litigation-focused subjects in his PCLL cohort. He has also served as marshal to the Hon Albert Wong J and the Hon Godfrey Lam J (as Lam JA then was).
He maintains a broad criminal and civil practice, with particular interests in criminal defence, personal injury, and land disputes. His criminal work includes cases involving dishonesty, commercial crime, sexual and violent offences, drug offences, customs and immigration matters, traffic offences, workplace safety breaches, and public health and order offences.
On the civil side, he has acted in property disputes, adverse possession claims, personal injury and employees’ compensation cases, probate and administration matters, and contractual disputes. He is also experienced in death inquests, administrative appeals, and disciplinary proceedings.
Isaac is proficient in Chinese and English, can speak fluent Mandarin, and understands Hakka.
Education
- PCLL, The University of Hong Kong (2022)
- LLB, The University of Hong Kong (2021)
- BBA(Law), The University of Hong Kong (2021)
Scholarships and Awards
- Henry Wai & Co. (Wai Kee Yiu Memorial) Litigation Prize (for achieving the second-highest average mark in litigation-specific subjects in the PCLL cohort) (2022)
- Reaching Out Award under the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund (2019)
- HKU Worldwide Undergraduate Student Exchange Scholarship (2019)
- HKU Foundation Entrance Scholarship (2016)
- HKU FBE Entrance Scholarship for JUPAS Students (2016)
Selected Cases
Court cases
Court of Final Appeal
- FACC 8/2024 ((2025) 28 HKCFAR 209) – Final appeal on the proper construction of the ingredients of the offence of “Disclosing the Identity of a Person Being Investigated” under section 30 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201).
Court of Appeal
- CACC 253/2024 – Appeal against conviction and sentence for two defendants charged with conspiracy to commit subversion.
- CACC 12, 29/2023 – Case stated appeal and costs appeal by the Prosecution, for a defendant charged with perverting the course of justice.
Court of First Instance
- HCAL 2723/2018; HCAL 817/2019 ([2024] 4 HKLRD 284) – Judicial review relating to the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme.
- HCPI 8/2024 – Personal injury claim arising from a traffic accident involving two casualties.
- HCA 1879/2011; HCA 896/2012; HCA 897/2012 – Contractual dispute involving 14 defendants over an agreement to develop small houses in the New Territories.
- HCMP 1771/2024 – Quia timet injunction against a sale of an estate property.
- HCA 2989/2016 – Adverse possession claim over a monastery’s area.
- HCCC 69 & 70/2022 ([2025] 1 HKC 229) – Trial and plea in mitigation for two defendants charged with conspiracy to commit subversion.
- HCCC 155/2022 – Trial for a defendant charged with incitement to commit subversion.
District Court
- DCPI 1202/2024 – Motor insurer’s application to be removed as a party.
- DCCJ 4616/2020 – Adverse possession claim over a piece of rural land in the New Territories.
- DCCJ 4396/2019 ([2023] 5 HKLRD 1) – Adverse possession claim over car-parking spaces in a multi-storey building.
- DCMP 2565/2024 – Application to vacate a stale mortgage registered against a property.
Magistrates’ Courts
- TMS 11188 & 11189/2022 – Plea in mitigation for a defendant charged for the 7th time with failing to comply with a building order. The Court was persuaded not to activate the previous suspended sentence and instead to impose a fine for the current offence.
- STS 649 – 654/2025 – Review of sentence in respect of six summonses of failing to comply with an Enforcement Notice issued by the Planning Department.
- KTCC 2619/2024 – Plea bargain reducing a Dangerous Driving charge to Careless Driving for a minibus driver who drove across zebra crossings in the opposite lane.
- ESS 10028/2025 – Plea bargain reducing a Dangerous Driving charge to Careless Driving, for a driver who ran a red light at a junction, reached on the first day of trial following defence complaints of the prosecution’s material non-disclosure.
Advisory works
- Advised a company on defending a potential winding-up petition.
- Advised a residential flat owner on a dispute over repairing obligations.
- Advised a government employee on liability in a personal injury claim.
- Advised a restaurant employee on quantum and liability in a personal injury claim.
- Advised a judgment creditor on enforcement measures.
- Advised a to-be-wed couple on pre-nuptial financial arrangements.
- Advised a purchaser on a property against which encumbrances were registered shortly before completion.
- Advised a purchaser on a property encumbered by charging orders, where the vendor debtor was adjudged bankrupt prior to completion.
Public Services
- Volunteer Lawyer, Clinical Legal Education Programme (Free Legal Advice Scheme on HKU Campus) (2023 – Present)
- Mock Trial Coach, the Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention (2023 – 2024; 2025 – Present)