HKU Law was honoured to host the seventh lecture of the “HKU-Boase Cohen & Collins Lecture Series in Criminal Law” on 14 November 2025 at the Philip K.H. Wong Theatre. We were privileged to have Mr Ian Winter KC, Barrister-at-Law of Cloth Fair Chambers, to speak on the topic “Conspiracy to Defraud: Deceased or Only Wounded?”. This lecture offered a forensic analysis of how the offence has evolved over many centuries of common law and why it continues to stir debate. The lecture ended with a Q&A session moderated by Professor Simon Young, HKU Faculty of Law.

(From left) Mr Colin Cohen, Senior Partner of Boase Cohen & Collins; Professor Hualing Fu, Dean of Law; Mr Ian Winter KC; Professor Simon Young, HKU Faculty of Law; Mr Alex Liu, Managing Partner of Boase Cohen & Collins

We would like to thank our generous co-sponsor, Boase Cohen & Collins, the speakers for their contributions, and the audience for their warm support.

The speakers of the previous lectures were Ian McWalters (2024), The Hon Mr Geoffrey Ma, GBM (2022), Lord Ken Macdonald QC (2021), Geoffrey Robertson QC (2019), Edward Fitzgerald QC (2018) and Clare Montgomery QC (2017).