Name
Colin Wright

Professional qualifications and appointments

• Called to the Bar (England and Wales) 1987
• Called to the Bar (New South Wales, Australia) 1987
• Called as Barrister and Solicitor (Victoria, Australia) 1988
• Called to the Bar (Hong Kong) 1999
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Areas of practice

Commercial litigation - all areas, including carriage of goods, sale of goods, charterparty disputes and trade finance

Admiralty - all areas including salvage, collisions, determination of priorities, arrest of vessels

Insurance and re-insurance

Intellectual property, including copyright and trade secrets

Professional negligence

Commercial property

Significant cases

• The "Tian Xian 2 Hao" [2004] 308 HKCU 1
• The "Rui Yun He" [2003] 4 HKC 17
• Secan Ltd v Wong Ping Wai [2003] 704 HKCU 1
• Daiwa Bank v. Foco Woollen Yarns Co. Ltd [2002] 3 HKC 258
• Bank of China v Fung [2002] 1416 HKCU 1
• The "Hanjin Marseilles" [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 735
• Paladin Agricultural Ltd v Excelsior Hotel Ltd [2001] 2 HKC 215
• The "Seki Rolette" [1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 638
• The "Ruta" [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 359
• Wellfit Investments -v- Poly Commence [1997] 2 HKC 236

Education and other experience

1983-1986 University of Leicester - LLB

Fully qualified to practise in New South Wales, Australia and Hong Kong as well as UK. Has conducted litigation in all of these jurisdictions