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Associé

Woody W. Y. Chang

Medical Practice & Clinical Negligence

"Woody Chang is recommended [for medical malpractice work]."
Asia Pacific Legal 500

Aperçu

Clients such as hospitals, doctors, and dentists turn to Woody Chang for representation in: 

  • Civil claims
  • Complaints
  • Criminal proceedings (medical manslaughter, ICAC-related offences, indecent assault cases)
  • Disciplinary matters
  • Judicial Review cases

Expérience

Represented:

  • Healthcare professionals in the inquiry conducted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council Select Committee (2003/2004) into the handling of the SARS outbreak.
  • Clients in a successful Judicial Review application in which the court in Hong Kong held in 2006 that certain provisions restricting practice promotion in the Professional Code of Conduct for doctors were in breach of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Distinctions

  • Band 1 - Clinical Negligence (International Firms), China – Chambers Greater China Region
  • Spotlight Table - Clinical Negligence (International Firms), China – Chambers Greater China Region
  • "Woody Chang is recommended [for medical malpractice work]." – Asia Pacific Legal 500

Formation

  • City University of Hong Kong, LLB, First Class Honors
  • City University of Hong Kong, PCLL
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, BSocSc

Inscription au Barreau

  • England and Wales
  • Hong Kong

Langues

  • Anglais
  • Cantonais
  • Mandarin

Engagement professionnel et communautaire

  • Honorary Legal Advisor, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
  • Honorary Legal Advisor, Hong Kong Medical Association
  • Honorary Legal Advisor, Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Honorary Legal Advisor, Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Honorary Legal Advisor, Management Society of Healthcare Professionals
  • Honorary Legal Advisor, Hong Kong Thoracic Society
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