Vice presidents of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong

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The 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 two vice presidents, dealing with the criminal division and civil division respectively. This later grew to three to include a mixed division, and occasionally up to four to help ease the burden of workload on each vice president. [1]

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Role and responsibilities

The vice-presidents usually preside over an appeal hearing unless the chief judge is sitting, then the chief judge presides. 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

#NameTenureSubsequent promotionsSilkRef
1 Sir Alan Armstrong Huggins 1980–1987 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
2 Simon Li Fook-sean, GBM1984–1987Retired
3 Sir Derek Cons 1986–1993 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
4 Sir Yang Ti-liang, GBM1987–1988 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (retired)
5William James Silke1987–1994 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
6Kutlu Tekin Fuad1988–1993 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
7 Sir Noel Plunkett Power, GBS1993–1999 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
8 Gerald Paul Nazareth, GBS1994–2000 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired) QC (1981)
9 Henry Denis Litton, GBM1995–1997 Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
(also Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal)		 QC (1970)
10 John Barry Mortimer, GBS1997–1999 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired) QC (1971)
11Michael Stuart-Moore, GBS1999–2009Retired QC (1990)
12Gerald Michael Godfrey2000Retired QC (1971)
13Simon Herbert Mayo, GBS2000–2002Retired
14Anthony Gordon Rogers, GBS2000–2011Retired QC (1984)
15 Woo Kwok-hing, GBS2004–2011Retired QC (1987) [2]
16 Robert Tang Kwok-ching, GBM, SBS2006–2012 Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
(also Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal)		 QC (1986) [3]
17 Frank Stock, GBS2009–2014 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal QC (1985) [4]
18 Wally Yeung Chun-kuen, GBS2011–2021Retired [5]
19 Johnson Lam Man-hon 2013–2021 Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal [6]
20 Michael Victor Lunn, GBS2014–2018Retired QC (1994) [7]
21 Andrew Colin Macrae 2018– SC (1999) [8]
22 Susan Kwan Shuk-hing 2019– [9]
23 Carlye Chu Fun-ling 2022– [10]

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References

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