Patrick Yu

Patrick Yu Shuk Siu (; August 22, 1922 – January 12, 2019) was a celebrated trial and appellate lawyer in Hong Kong. in Hong Kong, with ancestry from Taishan, Guangdong, Yu was educated at home for many years before attending Wah Yan College Hong Kong, a prominent Jesuit high school in Hong Kong. In 1938, at the age of sixteen, he was admitted to the University of Hong Kong,

In 1941, shortly after the Pacific War had broken out, Yu served with British Naval Intelligence and was commissioned as an officer in the Intelligence Corps of the Army of the Republic of China. In 1945, Yu was awarded a Victory Scholarship by the Government of Hong Kong to continue his studies in England. Yu resigned in 1953 and commenced a private practice.