Highlights of Events 2010

Mr Rui Macieira, Deputy Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Portugal, visited the Judiciary

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li declared opening of the 2010 Legal Year

A nine-member delegation of the Social and Legal Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference visited the Judiciary

A five-member delegation led by the Rt Hon Chief Justice Tun Dato' Seri Zaki bin Tun Azmi of Malaysia visited the Judiciary

The Judiciary co-organised the Second Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation with Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia

Mr Goh Joon Seng, Member of the Council of Presidential Advisers and former Supreme Court Judge of Singapore visited the Judiciary

Mr Li Kwok-wai was appointed as Magistrate

A 20-member delegation of judges and government officials from Thailand visited the Judiciary

A 37-member delegation of judges attending the Advanced Programme for Chinese Senior Judges at the Law School of the City University of Hong Kong visited the Judiciary

Mr Joseph Paul Fok, SC and Mr Mohan Tarachand Bharwaney, SC were appointed as Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court

Ms Anthea Pang Po-kam was appointed as District Judge

An eight-member delegation from the High People's Court of Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li and the Hon Mr Justice R A V Ribeiro, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, attended the Judicial Colloquium in Queenstown and the first sitting of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand

Ms Xin Chunying, Vice Chairman of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, visited the Judiciary

A 10-member delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary

Mr Joris Denmick, Secretary General/Deputy Minister, Ministry of Justice, the Netherlands visited the Judiciary

A five-member delegation from the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress led by Deputy Director of the Civil Law Office Mr Jia Dongming visited the Judiciary

Mr Andrew Colin Macrae, SC was appointed as Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court

A five-member delegation of lawyers from Henan Province of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary

The Hon Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong of the Supreme Court of Singapore, visited the Judiciary and gave a talk on "Criminal Justice in Singapore: History, Ideology and the Role of the Judiciary" at the High Court on 3.6.2010

Her Honour Judge Sharon D Melloy, District Judge, attended the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 47th Annual Conference on Traversing the Trail of Alienation in Denver, Colorado, the United States

The Hon Mr Justice Murray Gleeson, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, gave a talk on "Interpreting Legislation: Text, Context and Purpose" at the High Court

The Hon Mr Justice Geoffrey Ma, Chief Judge of the High Court, met with Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony and Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe; and visited the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

The Hon Mr Justice S K S Bokhary, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, attended the Conference on "Democracy's Illusions: Challenges to the Rule of Law?" at the Inner Temple, London, the United Kingdom

The Hon Mr Justice Michael J. Hartmann, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court visited the United Kingdom to look at matters relating to family laws and higher rights of audience for solicitors

Her Honour Judge Bebe Chu, Principal Family Court Judge, attended the Conference on "International Child Abduction, Re-location and Forced Marriage - 3 linked topics and the global perspective" in London, the United Kingdom

A 14-member delegation of educators attending the Public Intellectuals Programme of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, the United States, visited the Judiciary

The Farewell Sitting of Chief Justice Andrew Li was held

A 13-member delegation of law students from Shantou University of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary

A 14-member delegation of educators attending the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Programme (Chinese History and Cultural Group) of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, the United States, visited the Judiciary

The Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li served his last day in the Judiciary

The Hon Mr Justice Geoffrey Ma was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal

The Hon Mr Justice Robert Tang, the Hon Mr Justice Frank Stock and the Hon Mr Justice Michael John Hartmann, serving Justices of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, were appointed as Non-Permanent Hong Kong Judges of the Court of Final Appeal

Swearing-in Ceremony of the Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma was held

An eight-member delegation from four Justice Bureaux of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary

A five-member delegation from Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Namibia visited the Judiciary

A four-member delegation led by the Hon Yatindra Nath Varma, Attorney General of Mauritius, visited the Judiciary

A six-member delegation from State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China led by its Deputy Commissioner Mr Gan Shaoning visited the Judiciary

The Hon Mr Justice R A V Ribeiro, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, attended the Yale Global Constitutionalism Seminar at the Yale Law School, the United States

The Rt Hon Lord Justice Laws, Lord Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, gave a talk on "The Rule of Law and Compromise – The Rule of Law Unlocked" at the High Court

A six-member delegation from the Supreme Court of Mongolia led by its Deputy Chief Justice of Criminal Division Mr Batsaikhan Davaajav visited the Judiciary

A 10-member delegation of judges and government officials of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary

His Honour Judge Tony Poon, Acting Chief District Judge, Mr Tong Man, Chief Magistrate and Mr Anthony Kwok, Principal Magistrate, attended the Asia-Pacific Courts Conference in Singapore

Mr Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States visited the Judiciary

A 15-member delegation of Vietnam Ministry of Justice visited the Judiciary

His Excellency Mr Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Higher Deputy to Judiciary Chief as Inspector General, Iran visited the Judiciary

Mr Cao Jianming, Chief Procurator of Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

A 15-member delegation of government officials of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary

A 15-member delegation of the Legal and Judicial Training Centre of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary

Mr Justice V K Rajah, Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore, visited the Judiciary

Mr Su Zelin, Vice-President of Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

A five-member delegation of Zambia Law Development Commission visited the Judiciary

Mr Zhang Sujun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

A six-member delegation of district prosecution offices from Taiwan visited the Judiciary