| 1 | Ms CHENG Yeuk-wah, Teresa, SC; Ms TAM Wan-chi, Winnie, SC; Mr WONG Kai-ming, Stewart, SC; and Ms CHAN Ching-fan, Linda, SC were appointed Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court |
| 5-9 | Judge John WAIT and Judge Simon TONKING, Circuit Judges of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary |
| 8 | The Rt Hon Hugo SWIRE MP, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary |
| 12 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA declared opening of the 2015 Legal Year |
| 14 | An eight-member delegation from the Justice Departments/Bureaux of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary |
| 22 | President SAM Hou-fai of the Court of Final Appeal of Macao visited the Judiciary |
| 2 | Ms Susan A. THORNTON, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the US Government visited the Judiciary |
| 6 | Mrs Sotheavy CHAN, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Justice of Cambodia, visited the Judiciary |
| 11 | Dr Christophe BERNASCONI, Secretary General, Hague Conference on Private International Law visited the Judiciary |
| 22-25 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA spoke at a plenary session entitled “Global economy and the Rule of Law” of the Global Law Summit launched by the Secretary of State for Justice of the United Kingdom; delivered a speech at the University of Cambridge on the topic of “The Rule of Law in Hong Kong: Concepts, Conceptions and Misconceptions”; delivered a speech at the London School of Economics and Political Science on the topic of “The Rule of Law in changing times” and delivered a speech on the topic of “The impact of the Rule of Law in changing times” at the lunch organized by the Hong Kong Association and called on a few very senior judges in England and Wales |
| 23 | Ms SOONG Wing-sum was appointed Magistrate |
| 26-27 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA visited the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands and called on its judges |
| 1 | The term of office of the Hon Mr Justice Murray GLEESON, the Rt Hon the Lord NEUBERGER of Abbotsbury and the Rt Hon the Lord WALKER of Gestingthorpe, Non-Permanent Judges from other common law jurisdictions of the Court of Final Appeal, was extended for a period of three years |
| 1-6 | The Hon Madam Justice Queeny AU-YEUNG, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the Economics Institute for Competition Judges in Singapore |
| 9 | A ten-member delegation from the Legislative Council visited the Judiciary |
| 14 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 13th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot |
| 19 | A ten-member delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary |
| 20 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA spoke at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Centennial in 2015 |
| 21-24 | The Hon Mr Justice Jonathan R HARRIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the Eleventh Multinational Judicial Colloquium on Insolvency and the INSOL International Annual Regional Conference in San Francisco, the United States |
| 6-10 | Mr Registrar LUNG Kim-wan, Registrar of the High Court, attended a course entitled “Strategies of Case Management: Challenges, Solutions and Innovation” organised by the Singapore Judicial College in Singapore |
| 11 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Grand Finals and Closing Ceremony of the World Championship Speaking Competition |
| 23-24 | The Hon Mr Justice Peter NG attended the 7th Asian Maritime Law Conference entitled “Winds of Change in the Asian Shipping Law Practice” in Singapore and delivered a keynote speech |
| 24 | Her Honour Judge Bebe CHU, Principal Family Court Judge; His Honour Judge David LOK; His Honour Judge Joseph YAU; and His Honour Judge Albert WONG were appointed Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court |
| 25 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Bar Association Debating Competition 2015 |
| 30 | Mr Robert John WHITEHEAD, SC was appointed Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court |
| 5 | Mrs Justice Karen WEILER QC of the Ontario Court of Appeal of Canada visited the Judiciary |
| 11-12 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered a lecture entitled “Strength and Fragility in Tandem: The Rule of Law in Hong Kong” at the 9th Annual International Rule of Law Lecture in London, gave a talk on “Adapting to a Constitution: The Hong Kong Basic Law turns 25” at the University of Oxford and met with senior members of the Oxford Commercial Law Centre and a few judges in England and Wales |
| 12 | An 11-member delegation of judges from the People's Republic of China visited the Judiciary |
| 13 | Mr David GREEN, Director of the Serious Fraud Office, the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary |
| 21-22 | An eight-member delegation led by Ms TANG Humei, Deputy Director General of the Department of Judicial Administration and Equipment Management of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary |
| 28 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA spoke at the Annual Dinner of the Hong Kong Insurance Law Association |
| 15 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Law Reform Essay Competition 2015 Certificate Award Ceremony |
| 15-16 | The Hon Mr Justice Jonathan R HARRIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the International Insolvency Institute’s 15th Annual Conference in Naples, Italy |
| 18 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered speech on Magna Carta for The Royal Geographical Society |
| 22 | A 10-member delegation from the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations visited the Judiciary |
| 25-26 | The Hon Madam Justice Bebe CHU, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court; Her Honour Judge Sharon D MELLOY and His Honour Judge C K CHAN, District Judges; Deputy District Judge WONG Lai-wing; Master TO Kit-ling, Doris, Temporary Deputy Registrar of the District Court; and Ms Susan WONG and Ms LAU Yee-wan, Winnie, Magistrates, attended the Asia-Pacific Symposium entitled “Towards the Well-Being of the Child Through the Hague Child Abduction and Protection of Children Conventions” in Macao |
| 2 | A group of 32 law students participating in the Asia-American Institute in Transnational Law visited the Judiciary |
| 13 | A group of 16 law students from Peking University of the People’s Republic of China visited the Judiciary |
| 14 | A group of 16 law students from Shantou University of the People’s Republic of China visited the Judiciary |
| 20-24 | Master TAM Sze-lok, Isaac, Temporary Deputy Registrar of the High Court, conducted a study visit to the Criminal Appeal Registry of the Judiciary of England and Wales in London, the United Kingdom |
| 24 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 39th Annual General Meeting of Scout Association of Hong Kong |
| 24 | A group of forty-two students from Renmin University of China visited the Judiciary |
| 26-28 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA; the Hon Mr Justice Andrew CHEUNG, Chief Judge of the High Court; The Hon Mr Justice Wally YEUNG, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court; Deputy High Court Judge S T POON; and Mr LEE Hing-nin, Clement, Chief Magistrate, attended the Third Seminar of Senior Judges of Cross-Strait and Hong Kong and Macao in Macao |
| 27-31 | Master HO Chin-pang, Dick, Temporary Deputy Registrar of the District Court, attended the Judicial Governance Programme organised by the Singapore Civil Service College in Singapore |
| 28 | The term of office of the Rt Hon the Lord MILLETT, Non-Permanent Judge from another common law jurisdiction of the Court of Final Appeal, was extended for a period of three years |
| 31 | An 11-member delegation from 2015 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Group of the National Committee on US-China Relations visited the Judiciary |
| 14 | His Honour Judge Richard HACON, Judge of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary |
| 17-21 | Master TAM Sze-lok, Isaac, Temporary Deputy Registrar of the High Court, paid a study visit to the Criminal Appeals Registry of the Victorian Court of Appeal in Melbourne, Australia |
| 25 | The Hon Mr Justice Jonathan R HARRIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended as a panel speaker at the seminar entitled “AEC and Cross-Border Insolvency Law” held in Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2-4 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA and the Hon Mr Justice Andrew CHEUNG, Chief Judge of the High Court, visited Beijing to attend the Commemorative Activities for 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression |
| 3 | The Hon Mr Justice R A V RIBEIRO, Acting Chief Justice, attended the Ceremony to Commemorate 70th Anniversary Day of Victory of Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression |
| 7 | The Court of Final Appeal commenced operations at 8 Jackson Road |
| 16-19 | The Hon Mr Justice R A V RIBEIRO, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, attended the Global Constitutionalism Seminar 2015 held at the Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, the United States |
| 17 | His Honour Judge Bruno CHAN was appointed Principal Family Court Judge |
| 21 | The Hon Mr Justice S C POON and the Hon Mr Justice Derek PANG were appointed Justices of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court |
| 22-24 | The Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong hosted the biennial Asia-Pacific Judicial Colloquium attended by Chief Justices and Judges representing the Australian High Court, the New Zealand Supreme Court and the Canadian Supreme Court |
| 24 | The Rt Hon The Lord JUDGE delivered a talk about Magna Carta at the High Court |
| 24 | Mr Justice Barry LEON, Commercial Court Judge in the British Virgin Islands for the High Court of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, visited the Judiciary |
| 25 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA gave an opening remarks at a seminar hosted by Middle Temple |
| 25 | Ceremonial Opening of the Court of Final Appeal Building at 8 Jackson Road and Grand Dinner |
| 29 | Inaugural sitting at the Court of Final Appeal at 8 Jackson Road |
| 1 | The term of office of the Rt Hon the Lord PHILLIPS of Worth Matravers, Non-Permanent Judge from another common law jurisdiction of the Court of Final Appeal, was extended for a period of three years |
| 13-15 | The Hon Mr Justice David LOK, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the Competition Law Workshop for Asia-Pacific Judges in Busan, South Korea |
| 15 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended Multilaw 25th Anniversary Dinner |
| 15 | Chief Judge Sharon Prost, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of the United States of America, visited the Judiciary |
| 24 | The Hon Mr Justice Andrew C MACRAE, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, attended as a guest speaker at the seminar entitled “Enhancing Professionalism and Efficiency in Prosecution and Investigations in the Administration of Justice” held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
| 25 | The term of office of the Hon Mr Justice S K S BOKHARY, Non-Permanent Hong Kong Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, was extended for a period of three years |
| 28 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA gave opening remarks at UNCITRAL Asia-Pacific Judicial Summit |
| 29 | A group of 18 judges participating in UNCITRAL Asia-Pacific Judicial Summit visited the Judiciary |
| 31 | The Hon Mr Justice R A V RIBEIRO, Acting Chief Justice, attended the Honours and Awards Presentation Ceremony |
| 6-9 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 16th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific held in Australia |
| 10 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA spoke at the official opening of Magna Carta 800 Global Tour – Hong Kong |
| 13 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA spoke at The Third Children’s Issues Forum |
| 14 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 10th Law Society Recreation and Sports Night |
| 16-19 | The Hon Mr Justice Peter CHEUNG, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court; The Hon Mr Justice David LOK, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court and His Honour Judge C K CHAN, District Judge, attended the Commonwealth and Common Law International Family Justice Conference in Coogee, Australia |
| 18 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Bar Scholarship 2015 Presentation Ceremony |
| 18-20 | The Hon Mr Justice Joseph FOK, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, attended the Third Rule of Law Conference in Beijing |
| 23 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Third Rule of Law, HK Conference |
| 23 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Law Society Annual Cocktail Reception |
| 23 | The Hon Mr Justice Wally YEUNG, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, gave lecture at the National Judges College in Beijing |
| 24-27 | A delegation from the Supreme Court of Singapore visited the Judiciary |
| 25-26 | A four-member delegation led by Ms HE Rong, Vice-President of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, visited the Judiciary |
| 28 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Law Week 2015 Opening Ceremony |
| 1 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA and the Hon Mr Justice Andrew CHEUNG, Chief Judge of the High Court, visited the First Circuit Court of the Supreme People’s Court and the Qianhai Court in Shenzhen, and met with judges and officials from the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China |
| 4 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 2015 Law Society Pro Bono and Community Service Award Presentation Ceremony |
| 9 | A three-member delegation led by Mr Jiang Jianchu, Deputy Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People’s Republic of China, visited the Judiciary |
| 13 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Ceremony on the Nanjing Massacre National Memorial Day |
| 14 | Competition Tribunal came into full operation |
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