David Cheung
Founding Partner
Wills, executries and succession
Has explained legal rights to more startled families than he can count.
Took two rooms on Thistle Street in 2009, after ten years with a Charlotte Square firm. Does the wills, the powers of attorney and most of the executries, and takes the first call whenever nobody else is free.
- Admitted
- 1999, Scotland
- Education
- LLB (Hons), University of Edinburgh; Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, Edinburgh
- Practising certificate
- Current, Law Society of Scotland; notary public
Alison Ng
Partner
Family law
Keeps a box of tissues and a pot of tea in her room, and uses both.
Runs the family practice: separation agreements, divorce, and residence and contact for children. Takes civil legal assistance work in family matters.
- Admitted
- 2011, Scotland
- Education
- LLB (Hons), University of Glasgow; Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, Glasgow
- Practising certificate
- Current, Law Society of Scotland; notary public
Callum Tan
Partner
Conveyancing and missives
Will phone the selling agent rather than let a closing date drift.
Runs the property side after six years in-house with an Edinburgh estate agency. Missives, title examination and registration in the Land Register are the part of the job he enjoys.
- Admitted
- 2009, Scotland
- Education
- LLB (Hons), University of Aberdeen; Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, Aberdeen
- Practising certificate
- Current, Law Society of Scotland; notary public
Fiona Yeung
Senior Solicitor
Work and employment
Writes staff handbooks plainly enough that the staff actually read them.
Advises owner-run employers across Edinburgh and the Lothians on contracts, discipline and redundancy, and signs the adviser's certificate on settlement agreements herself.
- Admitted
- 2013, Scotland
- Education
- LLB (Hons), University of Dundee; Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, Edinburgh
- Practising certificate
- Current, Law Society of Scotland
Kenneth Lau
Solicitor
Civil disputes, Simple Procedure
Will tell you when a claim is not worth raising, which is often.
Handles Simple Procedure and ordinary actions at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, interdicts and neighbour disputes, and takes civil legal assistance work.
- Admitted
- 2018, Scotland
- Education
- LLB (Hons), University of Edinburgh; Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, Edinburgh
- Practising certificate
- Current, Law Society of Scotland
Michelle Chua
Solicitor
Title, LBTT and registration
Reads a Home Report the way other people read a menu.
Examines title, deals with Registers of Scotland and files the LBTT return, including the Additional Dwelling Supplement where a second property is involved.
- Admitted
- 2022, Scotland
- Education
- LLB (Hons), University of Strathclyde; Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, Glasgow
- Practising certificate
- Current, Law Society of Scotland
