High Court (Hong Kong)

High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 香港特別行政區高等法院
Location	38 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong Island,  Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°16′41.38″N 114°9′47.23″E / 22.2781611°N 114.1631194°ECoordinates: 22°16′41.38″N 114°9′47.23″E / 22.2781611°N 114.1631194°E
Authorized by	Hong Kong Basic Law and High Court Ordinance
Decisions are appealed to	Court of Final Appeal
Website	Judiciary of Hong Kong
Chief Judge of the High Court
Currently	Andrew Cheung

The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Chinese: 香港特別行政區高等法院), 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 was named the Supreme Court before 1997. Though previously named the Supreme Court, this Court has long been the local equivalent to the Senior Courts of England and Wales^[1] and has never been vested with the power of final adjudication.

Chief Judges of the High Court

The judges who have held the position of Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong to date are:

Name	Tenure
Patrick Chan	1997–2000
Arthur Leong Siu-chung	2000–2003
Geoffrey Ma	2003–2010
Andrew Cheung	2010–

For pre-1997 Chief Justices, see: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong

List of current judges

The current judges of the High Court (as at 2 October 2015) are:^[2][3]

Chief Judge of the High Court

• The Hon Mr Justice Cheung, CJHC

Justices of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court

• The Hon Mr Justice Wally Yeung, VP
• The Hon Mr Justice Johnson Lam, VP
• The Hon Mr Justice Lunn, VP
• The Hon Mr Justice Cheung, JA
• The Hon Madam Justice Maria Yuen, JA
• The Hon Madam Justice Susan Kwan, JA
• The Hon Madam Justice Carlye Chu, JA
• The Hon Mr Justice Aarif Barma, JA
• The Hon Mr Justice Macrae, JA
• The Hon Mr Justice Ian Macwalters, JA
• The Hon Mr Justice Jeremy Poon, JA
• The Hon Mr Justice Derek Pang, JA

Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court

• The Hon Mr Justice Chung
• The Hon Mr Justice Tong
• The Hon Mr Justice Fung
• The Hon Mrs Justice Judianna Barnes
• The Hon Mr Justice To
• The Hon Madam Justice Poon
• The Hon Mr Justice Thomas Au
• The Hon Mr Justice Jonathan Harris
• The Hon Mr Justice Bharwaney
• The Hon Madam Justice Queenie Au-Yeung
• The Hon Mr Justice Li
• The Hon Madam Justice Esther Toh
• The Hon Mr Justice Louis Chan
• The Hon Mr Justice Andrew Chan
• The Hon Madam Justice Mimmie Chan
• The Hon Mr Justice Anthony Chan
• The Hon Mr Justice Godfrey Lam
• The Hon Mr Justice Peter Ng
• The Hon Mr Justice Kevin Zervos
• The Hon Madam Justice Pang
• The Hon Mr Justice Anderson Chow
• The Hon Madam Justice Bebe Chu
• The Hon Mr Justice David Lok
• The Hon Mr Justice Joseph Yau
• The Hon Mr Justice Albert Wong

Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court

• Mr Jason POW Wing-nin, SC
• Ms Lisa WONG Kwok-ying, SC
• Mr Russell Adam COLEMAN, SC
• Mr Anthony Kenneth HOUGHTON, SC
• Ms Teresa CHENG Yeuk-wah, GBS, SC, JP
• Ms Winnie TAM Wan-chi, SC
• Mr Stewart WONG Kai-ming. SC
• Ms Linda CHAN Ching-fan, SC
• Mr Robert Whitehead, SC

High Court Building

Entrance of the High Court in Admiralty

High Court Building façade viewed from Queensway in Admiralty

The High Court Building is located at 38 Queensway, Admiralty. The 20-storey building was built in 1985 as the home of the then Supreme Court of Hong Kong, which was renamed in 1997. It was named the Supreme Court Building, and the road leading to its main entrance is still named Supreme Court Road. The High Court Building was designed by Architect K. M. Tseng.

The structure is a white clad tower and has a water fountain outside its front door.

References

1. formerly the Supreme Court of England and Wales, renamed by the "Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) s 59(1)". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
2. http://www.judiciary.gov.hk/en/organization/judges.htm
3. http://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/civil/15.htm

External links

• Hong Kong Judiciary website, High Court page

See also

• Judiciary of Hong Kong
• Legal system of Hong Kong
• Supreme Court of Hong Kong
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong