The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 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 is a superior court of record of unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction. 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 and has never been vested with the power of final adjudication.
Nicholas Addison Phillips,Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers,,,is a British former senior judge.
Anthony Philip Gilson Hughes,Lord Hughes of Ombersley,PC is a former English judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He was previously a Lord Justice of Appeal and Vice-President of the Criminal Division from 2009,following the retirement of Lord Justice Latham,to 9 April 2013.
Roger John Laugharne Thomas,Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd,FLSW is a British judge. He served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2013 to 2017.
Sir Andrew Ewart McFarlane is a British judge. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales from 2011 to 2018,and became President of the Family Division in July 2018 upon Sir James Munby’s retirement from that office.
Sir Richard John Pearson Aikens PC is a retired British judge,who was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 2008 to 2015.
Sir Andrew Jeremy Coulter Edis PC,styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Edis,is a Lord Justice of Appeal,serving as the Senior Presiding Judge having previously served as a High Court Judge.
David Lloyd Jones,Lord Lloyd-Jones,PC,FLSW is a British judge and legal scholar. He has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since 2017,and has also served as a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and as a chairman of the Law Commission prior to joining the Supreme Court.
Sir Anthony Hooper,PC is a British judge (retired),former professor of law,and a member of Matrix Chambers. He joined Matrix Chambers in 2013 after his retirement from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. In 2013 he was appointed inaugural Judicial Fellow of the Judicial Institute of University College,London,where he is an Honorary Professor. He is an Honorary Fellow at Trinity hall,Cambridge. Since 2018,he has been helping to fight corruption and to reform judicial system in Ukraine.
Sir Timothy Victor Holroyde,PC,styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Holroyde,is an English Court of Appeal judge,formerly a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales,Queen's Bench Division. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in October 2017. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2017. In 2015 he was appointed a member of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales,and served as its Chairman between 2018 and 2022. In June 2022 he was appointed Vice-President of the Court of Appeal,succeeding Lord Justice Fulford.
Sir James Michael Dingemans,styled The Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans,is a judge of the Court of Appeal,having previously served as a High Court judge.
David Anthony Stewart Richards,Lord Richards of Camberwell,PC is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Ian Duncan Burnett,Baron Burnett of Maldon,,is a British judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2017 to 2023.
Sir David Michael Bean is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Stephen Edmund Phillips,styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Phillips,is a judge of the Court of Appeal having previously served as a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Sir Nicholas Nigel Green,styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Green,is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. He is also the current Chair of the Law Commission of England and Wales.
Sir Alan Stewart Orr,was a British barrister specialising in taxation who rose to be a High Court judge and a Lord Justice of Appeal. After 1958 he was known as Alan Orr QC,from 1965 as Mr Justice Orr,and from 1971 as Lord Justice Orr.
Sir David Andrew Foxton is a British High Court judge.
