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During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, it served as the Kowloon headquarters of the Kempeitai. [2] It later served as the Kowloon District Court which was renamed in 1957 the South Kowloon District Court. After the opening of the North Kowloon Magistracy in 1960, some cases were diverted there. The South Kowloon District Court remained in ...
The District Court was established in 1953 with the enactment of the District Court Ordinance. [1] It is located in the Wanchai Law Courts, Wanchai Tower , 12 Harbour Road. In the past there were six district courts , namely Victoria , Kowloon , Fanling , Tsuen Wan , Tuen Mun and Sha Tin , before being amalgamated and moved to the same location ...
A permanent magistrate is a full-time magistrate, and is assigned to sit in one of the seven magistrates' courts. The Chief Justice appoints on a temporary basis a number of principal and permanent magistrates to sit as a Master in the High Court [2] or to sit as a Deputy District Judge or Master in the District Court, Family Court or Lands Tribunal.
The High Court was established by the High Court Ordinance (Chapter 4, formerly titled the Supreme Court Ordinance), as the "Supreme Court of Hong Kong". It was renamed the "High Court" by Article 81 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong. It consists of the Court of Appeal and Court of First Instance (formally "The High Court of Justice"), both are ...
As a consequence, for part of the early 1980s, the Supreme Court was moved to the Former French Mission Building, [4] which was then used by the Victoria District Court. In 1985, the building took up service as home to the Legislative Council, when it was known as 'the Legislative Council Building', while the Supreme Court moved to the Supreme ...
In response, the Hong Kong Journalists Association said that the move would make it more difficult for journalists to protect their sources. [ 6 ] Also in April 2021, after the sentencing of Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy figures drew criticism from overseas politicians, the DoJ released a statement saying that though the government attaches ...
The Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong is the second most senior court in the Hong Kong legal system. It deals with appeals on all civil and criminal cases from the Court of First Instance and the District Court. It is one of two courts that makes up the High Court of Hong Kong (which was formerly known as the Supreme Court of Hong ...
Sub-division I (Advisory): Responsible for cases in the Court of First Instance, District Court, and Magistrates' Court Sub-division II (Policy and Administration / Chief of Staff) : Responsible for providing advice to other government departments and a wide range of administrative matters, including human resources, training, and media relations