Vice Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong

Vice Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong are senior Justices' of Appeal who have been appointed by the Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong to preside over certain divisions of the Court of Appeal. Originally, there were only 2 Vice Presidents', dealing with the criminal division and civil division respectively. This later grew to 3 to include a mixed division, and occasionally up to 4 to help ease the burden of workload on each Vice President.[1]

Role and responsibilities

The Vice-Presidents usually preside over an appeal hearing; if the Chief Judge is sitting, then he or she shall preside. From an order of precedence standpoint, they are more senior than regular Justices' of Appeal and often are given some administrative responsibilities by the Chief Judge. However, from a judicial judgement standpoint, Vice Presidents', like the Chief Judge, are the same as any Justice of Appeal and do not possess any greater power during appeals.

List of Vice Presidents Since 1997
# Name Tenure Subsequent promotions Silk Ref
1 Gerald Paul Nazareth 1997–2000 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal QC (1981)
2 John Barry Mortimer 1997–1999 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal QC (1971)
3 Michael Stuart-Moore 1999–2009 Retired QC (1990)
4 Gerald Michael Godfrey 2000 Retired QC (1971)
5 Simon Herbert Mayo 2000–2002 Retired
6 Anthony Gordon Rogers 2000–2011 Retired QC (1984)
7 Woo Kwok-hing 2004–2011 Retired QC (1987) [2]
8 Robert Tang Kwok-ching 2006–2012 Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal QC (1986) [3]
9 Frank Stock 2009–2014 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal QC (1985) [4]
10 Wally Yeung Chun-kuen 2011– [5]
11 Johnson Lam Man-hon 2013– [6]
12 Michael Victor Lunn 2014–2018 Retired QC (1994) [7]
13 Andrew Colin Macrae 2018– SC (1999) [8]
14 Susan Kwan Shuk-hing 2019– [9]

References
  1. "Report of the Subcommittee on proposed senior judicial appointments" (PDF). Hong Kong Legislative Council. 13 June 2003.
  2. "Retired judge Woo Kwok-hing first to officially throw hat in the ring for Hong Kong's 2017 chief executive election". South China Morning Post. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  3. Keepthinking. "The Honourable Robert TANG Ching, GBM, SBS, JP". www.westkowloon.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  4. "Face to Face with Frank Stock, Former Vice-President of the Court of Appeal | Hong Kong Lawyer". www.hk-lawyer.org. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  5. "Hong Kong's Legal Services". www.legalhub.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. "Judicial appointment". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  7. "Michael Lunn to head panel to review bus franchise | Hong Kong | China Daily". www.chinadailyhk.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  8. "Appointment of Vice-President of the Court of Appeal". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  9. "Appointment of Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
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