Barrister Gerard McCoy, who liked a challenge and defended some of Hong Kong’s most notorious killers, dies aged 63

Dr Gerard McCoy SC, a prolific Hong Kong barrister who liked a challenge and defended some of the city’s most notorious and vicious killers, has died. He was aged 63.A constitutional law expert of some repute, McCoy was one of the very few barristers in Hong Kong who was equally at home in civil and criminal court, and was described by close friends and colleagues as the city’s “best legal brain”.Multiple sources told the Post that the New Zealand native, who had been battling leukaemia, passed…

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