Highlights of Events 2008

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li visited Hangzhou and met with President Xiao Yang, Supreme People's Court, the People's Republic of China

A 40-member delegation of Mainland judges headed by Mr Jiang Lianrun, Secretary-General of the Mainland's Judges' Association, visited

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li declared opening of the 2008 Legal Year

A seven-member delegation of Nepalese judges visited

A 20-member delegation from the Beijing Higher People's Court, the People's Republic of China, and other Mainland enterprises visited

A nine-member delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China, visited

Mr Yang Liuchang, Director of the Department of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Related to Taiwan, Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the People's Republic of China, visited

Dr Adish Aggarwala, President of International Council of Jurists, visited

The Hon Mr Justice Yeung, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, took part in a legal forum in Zhuhai at the invitation of the Guangdong Law Society, the School of Law of the City University of Hong Kong and the Faculty of Law of the University of Macao

Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, visited

Madam Tao Kaiyuan, Vice President of the High People's Court of Guangdong Province, the People's Republic of China, visited

A seven-member delegation from the Regional Trial Court in Balangiga of the Philippines visited

The Hon Mr Justice Ma, Chief Judge of the High Court; the Hon Mr Justice Hartmann, the Hon Madam Justice Kwan, the Hon Mr Justice Lam, and the Hon Mr Justice Reyes, Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation jointly hosted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia and the Hong Kong Judiciary in Sydney, Australia

A seven-member delegation of Mainland judges visited

Mr Wang Yongjun, Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Supervision, the People's Republic of China, visited

Mr Geoffrey Vos, QC, Immediate Past Chairman of the Bar Council, England and Wales, visited

The Rt Hon Justice Gault, Non-permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, gave a talk at the High Court on "The Role of the Courts in the Development of the Law"

Senior Counsel Admission Ceremony was held at the High Court

Mr Victor Yeo, State Coroner of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore, visited

Delegations from Huangpu People's Court and Haizhu People's Procuratorate of Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China, visited

A 12-member delegation from Mainland Justice Bureaux visited

The Hon Mr Justice Pang, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended as a guest speaker a seminar in Macao on "Prevention of Bribery in the Private Sector" at the invitation of the Commission Against Corruption of the Macao Special Administrative Region

Mr Viruch Limvichai, President of the Supreme Court of Thailand, visited

A 13-member delegation from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, the United States, visited

A nine-member delegation of Mainland judges visited

The Hon Mr Justice Woo, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, delivered a talk to the judicial officer trainees of Macao at the invitation of the Macao Intermediary Court

The Hon Mr Justice Pang, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, delivered a talk on the topics of "Judicial System of Hong Kong" and "Criminal Procedure of Hong Kong" to the trainees of the Legal and Judicial Training Centre of the Macao Special Administrative Region

A four-member delegation from the Supreme Court of Singapore visited

His Honour Judge Li Hon-leung and Mr Tong Man were appointed as Chief District Judge and Chief Magistrate respectively

Two officials from the Ministry of Justice of Japan visited

The Hon Mr Justice Reyes, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended a conference in Singapore on "Reflections on Diverse Issues in International Arbitration" co-organised by the International Chamber of Commerce and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre

The Hon Mr Justice Hartmann, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, was appointed as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court

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

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li attended the Dedication Ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen

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

The Hon Mr Justice Ma, Chief Judge of the High Court and the Hon Madam Justice Yuen, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, attended the 4th Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration Incorporated Appellate Judges' Conference in Melbourne, Australia

A 44-member delegation of Mainland judges and officials visited

"Judiciary" special stamps were issued

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li delivered an opening address at the Conference on Effective Judicial Review: A Cornerstone of Good Governance

The Hon Mr Justice Stone, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended a conference in Beijing on "50th Anniversary of the New York Convention - Challenges to the Judiciary" organised by the National Judges College of China and the Cheung Kong Centre for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in association with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

A 28-member delegation from the Intermediate People's Court and the People's Procuratorate of Guiyang, Guizhou Province, the People's Republic of China, visited