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The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region [1] is a part of the legal system of Hong Kong. It consists of the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance ; it deals with criminal and civil cases which have risen beyond the lower courts.
It replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London as the highest appellate court of Hong Kong, The Court comprises five judges — the Chief Justice, three permanent judges and one non-permanent judge from Hong Kong or another common law jurisdiction. There is a panel of eight non-permanent Hong Kong judges and nine non ...
Entrance of the High Court in Admiralty. The High Court Building of Hong Kong is located at 38 Queensway, Admiralty, and is home to the High Court. The 20 storey building was built in 1985 as the home of the then Supreme Court of Hong Kong, which was renamed in 1997. The structure is a white clad tower and has a water fountain outside its front ...
Recorders are listed by date of appointment; seniority (when Recorders are appointed on the same day) is sorted by firstly the year of becoming Silk, secondly by year of being called to the Hong Kong Bar, and lastly by alphabetical order. Robert Tang QC SC (1995–2004); later appointed as full-time judge; Edward Chan QC SC (1995–2007)
The Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong (CJHC) is the head of the High Court of Hong Kong and the President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong. 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 ...
In November 2022, after the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ruled to allow Tim Owen KC to be admitted as an overseas counsel on an ad hoc basis, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, John Lee, made a request to the NPCSC for an interpretation of the national security law over whether overseas counsel are allowed to take part in national security cases.
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The Court of Appeal continued operating as part of the renamed High Court of Hong Kong upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July 1997, as provided for in Article 81 of the Basic Law. [5] The Privy Council ceased to hear appeals from Hong Kong, and its role as Hong Kong's final appellate court was assumed by the new Court of Final Appeal , to ...