Highlights of Events 2007

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li declared opening of the 2007 Legal Year

A seven-member delegation headed by Madam Hua Fuzhou, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the State Council, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

Delegations from Nansha People's Court and Procuratorate of Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

The term of office of the Right Hon the Lord Hoffmann, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal from other common law jurisdictions, was extended for a period of three years

Mr Darryl Gordon Saw was appointed as Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court

The Hon Mr Justice McHugh, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, gave a talk at the High Court on "The Judicial Method Revisited"

A three-member delegation from the High People's Court of Guangdong Province, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

1

Mr Li Hon-leung, Chief Magistrate, and Miss Susana Maria D'Almada Remedios, Mr Kevin Anthony Browne, Mr Michael Wong Yat-ming, Mr Joseph Yau Chi-lap, Mr Andrew Chan Hing-wai and Mr Colin Richard Mackintosh, Magistrates, were appointed as District Judges

6

Mr Justice Carlos R. Moreno, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, and Mr Mike Margolis, attorney and trial lawyer, the United States, visited the Judiciary

15

Mr Kevin Martin, Immediate Past President, the Law Society of England and Wales, the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary

16

The Hon Justice Brian J. Tamberlin, Judge of Federal Court of Australia, visited the Judiciary

17-18

The Hon Mr Justice Barma, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the Seventh Multinational Judicial Colloquium in Cape Town, South Africa

27

Legislative Council members visited the Judiciary

2

Mr Chan Kwong-chi was appointed as District Judge

14-18

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li attended as the Principal Guest at the Opening of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts in Dubai

16

Mr Leung Chun-man was appointed as District Judge

27

A 12-member delegation from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Higher People's Court, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

29.4-3.5

The Hon Mr Justice Stock, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, attended the Seventh Worldwide Common Law Judiciary Conference in London, the United Kingdom

2

Mrs Sharon Dawn Melloy was appointed as District Judge

22

A 23-member delegation from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, the United States, visited the Judiciary

1

Ms Mimmie Chan Mei-lan was appointed as District Judge

4-7

The Judiciary hosted the 12th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific. Apart from the Hon Chief Justice Xiao Yang of the People's Republic of China, the Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and the Hon President Sam Hou Fai of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, other participating Chief Justices or representatives included the Hon Chief Justice Murray Gleeson of Australia, the Hon Chief Justice Muhammed Ruhul Amin of Bangladesh, the Hon Justice Steven Chong of Brunei, the Right Hon Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of Canada, Premier President Olivier Aimot of French Polynesia, the Hon Chief Justice Philip Carbullido of Guam, the Hon Chief Justice Konakupakattil G. Balakrishnan of India, Chief Justice Professor Dr Bagir Manan of Indonesia, the Hon Chief Justice Niro Shimada of Japan, the Hon Chief Justice Robin Millhouse of Kiribati, the Hon Chief Justice Lee Yong-hoon of Korea, the Right Hon Chief Justice Tun Dato' Sri Ahmad Fairuz Dato' Sheikh Abdul Halim of Malaysia, the Hon Chief Justice Carl B. Ingram of Marshall Islands, the Hon Chief Justice Batdelger Sodnomdarjaa of Mongolia, the Hon Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Paudel of Nepal, the Hon Monsieur Le Premier President Gerard Fey of New Caledonia, the Right Hon Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias of New Zealand, the Hon Chief Justice Miguel Demapan of Northern Mariana Islands, Chief Justice Arthur Ngiraklsong of Palau, the Hon Chief Justice Reynato Puno of the Philippines, President of the Supreme Court Professor Vyacheslav Lebedev of Russia, the Hon Chief Justice Patu Falefatu Sapolu of Samoa, the Hon Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong of Singapore, the Hon Chief Justice Sir Albert Rocky Palmer of Solomon Islands, the Hon Justice Viruch Limvichai of Thailand, the Hon Chief Justice Tony Ford of Tonga, the Hon Chief Justice Gordon Ward of Tuvalu, and a delegation of LAWASIA led by the Hon Chief Justice Paul de Jersey

14

A 16-member delegation from the Production and Construction Army Corps Branch of the Higher People's Court of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

21

A 42-member delegation from Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

3

Mr Au Hing-cheung was appointed as District Judge

18

A 14-member delegation from Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Programme (Language Group) of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, the United States, visited the Judiciary

26

The Hon Mr Justice Anthony Gates, Acting Chief Justice of the Republic of the Fiji Islands, visited the Judiciary

26

A 12-member delegation from Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Programme (History Group) of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, the United States, visited the Judiciary

1

Her Honour Judge Queeny Au Yeung Kwai-yue was appointed as Registrar of the High Court

9

A 42-member delegation of Mainland judges visited the Judiciary

28

Professor Pierre Tercier, Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration, and Ms Cheng-yee Khong, Director for ICC Arbitration and Amicable Dispute Resolution, visited the Judiciary

17

The Hon Mr Justice Marvin Baxter and the Hon Mr Justice Ming Chin, Judges of the Supreme Court of California, the United States, visited the Judiciary

21

The Right Hon the Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, the Attorney General of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary

21

Participants of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Association of Prosecutors visited the Judiciary

26-29

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li attended the Global Constitutionalism Seminar at Yale University, New York, the United States

1-2

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li attended the Legal Year Opening Ceremony in London, the United Kingdom

2

A 18-member delegation from the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

5

Lord Geoffrey Howe, ex-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary

27-28

Her Honour Judge Chu attended the Mediation Conference in Beijing, the People's Republic of China

1-3

The Hon Mr Justice Waung attended the Seminar on "Limitation of Maritime Liability for Maritime Claims" in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China

16

A three-member delegation from the Training Institute for Court Officials, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea, visited the Judiciary

22

Mr Duan Jielong, Director-General of the Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

29

The Judiciary released a report by the Working Party on Solicitors' Rights of Audience

29

A 30-member delegation from the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

30

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li delivered an opening speech at the conference on "Mediation in Hong Kong: The Way Forward"

1

The Hon Mr Justice Lam and Her Honour Judge Chu delivered speeches at the conference on "Mediation in Hong Kong: The Way Forward"

10

A nine-member delegation from the Supreme People's Court, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

12

A delegation of 27 senior officials from Fujian province, the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary