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In the Hong Kong order of precedence, the Chief Judge is the second most senior administrative judge for the courts system, second only to the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong. [1] The position of Chief Judge is the broad equivalent of the Master of the Rolls in the courts system of England and Wales.
The Honourable Mr Justice Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor (潘兆初) is a Hong Kong jurist, currently serving as the 5th Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong since December 2019. [1] He has served as President of the Scout Council of the Scout Association of Hong Kong since 2018. [2]
Hong Kong: 57 years and 32 days Tang 25 October 2018 10 January 2021 2 years and 78 days District Judge (2001–03) Deputy High Court Judge (2001–03) Judge of the Court of First Instance (2003–11) Chief Judge of the High Court (2011–18) University of Hong Kong (LLB, PCLL) Harvard Law School (LLM) Hong Kong [8] Carrie Lam: 9: Johnson Lam ...
The Chief Judge must be a Chinese citizen who is a Hong Kong permanent resident with no right of abode in any foreign country. [17] The Judges who have held the position of Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong to date are: Patrick Chan Siu-oi (1997–2000) Arthur Leong Siu-chung (2000–2003) Geoffrey Ma Tao-li (2003–2010)
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong's top court, about a week after a landmark verdict that convicted 14 prominent democratic activists of subversion, amid a ...
While Hong Kong has a deep pool of legal professionals across its courts, commerce and academia, it has since 1997 appointed foreign judges to sit on the five-person court of final appeal for ...
Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, the city’s judiciary said, deepening worries over the city's rule of law under a Beijing-imposed national security law. The ...
During British rule between 1843 and 1997, the head of the Hong Kong Judiciary was the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong; that position became the chief judge of the High Court in 1997. The first chief justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal was Andrew Li, who served for over 13 years.