John Charles Wright

Year of Call:
1985 (Hong Kong)
1979 (UK)

Languages :

English
Areas Of Practice:
Administrative and Public
Administrative and Public Law
Admiralty and Shipping Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Aviation
Aviation Law
Banking and Finance
Building and Construction
Commercial and Contract
Commercial Law
Company and Securities
Company and Securities Law
Construction Law
Coroner’s Court Hearings
Coroner’s Inquests
Criminal Defence and Prosecution
Criminal Law
Disciplinary Proceedings
Employment and Labour
Employment and Labour Law
Family
Family Law
Human Rights
Immigration
Immigration Law
Insolvency
Insurance
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Law
Land
Land Law
Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Shipping and Admiralty
Tax
Tort
Tort and Personal Injuries
Trusts
Wills & Probate
Wills and Probate
About John Charles Wright:

John Wright has been a member of Pacific Chambers since its founding in 1990. His practice is exclusively civil.

His civil practice encompasses contract, company, sale of goods, employment, insurance, medical negligence, personal injury (plaintiff and defence), family law and other areas in the High Court and the District Court, plus mediation and arbitration.

He also practised criminal law until 1998, defending and prosecuting on fiat in many high profile cases. He appeared in trials, always without a leader, for murder, manslaughter, robbery, dangerous drugs, theft, blackmail, sexual offences, traffic offences, import/export, breach of statutory regulations, commercial crimes and many others.

John has appeared many times in the Hong Kong Court of Appeal and four times in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. John has appeared in well over 1,000 trials and numerous other applications. He has vast experience in many areas of law and is known for his sound legal reasoning, straightforwardness and common sense.

  • - Siu Chi Moon v Rainfield Design and Associates Ltd (1999), concerning the scope of liability for breach of statutory duty for a principle contractor, contractual exemption clauses and contributory negligence by independent contractors
    - Archer v The Hong Kong Channel Ltd, concerning severance pay in employment law and the scope of the court’s jurisdiction to remedy injustice

  • - In House legal/management in commercial business: 1982-1984
    - Lecturer in law, Central London: 1980-1981
    - Pupillage with Brian Keith Esq. (now High Court Judge Sir Brian Keith): 1980
    - Recipient, Duke of Edinburgh Scholarship for life membership of The Inner Temple: 1980
    - P.C.LL., Inns of Court School of Law, London: 1979
    - LL.B., Leeds University: 1978
    - Manufacturing, export sales, shipping & documentation: 1972-1974
    - King Edward VI Grammar School Stafford: 1964-1971