—(forthcoming 2026) Hong Kong Law Journal
Publications
In peer-reviewed journals
'Conditional discharge under (judicial) review: The future of compulsory community treatment under the Mental Health Ordinance (with D Cheung)
'Taking a "common law" approach to national law: National security adjudication and sentencing in Hong Kong after "47 Democrats"'
—(2025) 89 Journal of Criminal Law 335
Review of Romanis, Germain, and Herring (eds), Diverse voices in health law and ethics (Bristol University Press 2025)
—(2025) 33 Medical Law Review fwaf019
‘When socialist Chinese law meets common law interpretation: Mandatory sentencing and mitigation under the Hong Kong National Security Law’ (with AHL Wong)
—(2024) 45 Statute Law Review hmae046
‘Overprotecting professionals from "vexatious" claims under the Hong Kong Mental Health Ordinance: The question of access to justice for persons with mental illness’
—(2021) 28 International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law 54
‘Claiming wrongful diagnosis under the Mental Health Ordinance: The impossibility of building a reasonably arguable case’ (with D Cheung)
—(2020) 50 Hong Kong Law Journal 837
'12 years on: Implications of the Interception of Communications and Surveillance Ordinance on fundamental rights and freedoms in Hong Kong'
—(2019) 49 Hong Kong Law Journal 487
‘Compulsory treatment in the community in Hong Kong: Implications of the current law and practice on the rights of persons with mental illnesses’
—(2019) 20 Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law 60
‘A robust restatement of the presumption of capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005: WBC (Local Authority) v Z, X, Y’
—(2017) 2 LSE Law Review 93
In edited volumes
'Sentencing neurodivergent offenders in Hong Kong: The persistence of sanist attitudes and stereotypes in criminal justice'
—T Smith and others, Neurodivergence and criminal justice: International perspectives (Routledge, forthcoming 2026)
‘Mental capacity in Hong Kong: Inconsistencies, uncertainties, and the need for reform’ (with PYS Chow)
—M Bach and N Espejo Yaksic, Legal capacity, disability and human rights (Intersentia 2023)
‘La capacidad mental en Hong Kong: Contradicciones, incertidumbres y la necesidad de una reforma’ (with PYS Chow)
—M Bach and N Espejo Yaksic, Capacidad jurídica, discapacidad y derechos humanos (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, México 2022)
Blog posts
‘Putting "values" back in mental capacity law—Review of Auckland, Values and disorder in mental capacity law (OUP 2024)’
—(10 Sep 2025) Frontiers for Socio-Legal Studies
‘Why should we be able to make our own decisions? Discussing Legal Capacity, Disability and Human Rights’
—(24 Nov 2023) Oxford Family and Medical Law Blog