| 4 | Her Honour Judge Susana M D'ALMADA REMEDIOS and His Honour Judge Wilson CHAN Ka-shun were appointed Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court |
| 9 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA declared opening of the 2017 Legal Year |
| 9 | Around 40 delegation heads of representatives of legal professions from the Mainland and overseas attending the 2017 Legal Year Opening visited the Court of Final Appeal |
| 10 | Mr WANG Xie, Deputy Director General, Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice, visited the Judiciary |
| 23 | Ms Angela KOT Sin-yee; Mr Reuden LAI Tat-cheung; Mr George OWN; Miss CHAN Yuk-fan; Mr WONG Lai-wing and Mr LIU Man-kin were appointed District Judges |
| 22 | A two-member delegation from the State Courts of Singapore visited the Judiciary |
| 23 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered the Closing Address at the Global Pound Conference, Hong Kong |
| 24 | A three-member delegation led by Ms LU Xi, Director of Anti-Corruption-and-Bribery Bureau and Vice-ministerial Level Member of the Procuratorial Committee and Grand Procurator of the Second Rank of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, visited the Judiciary |
| 27 | A four-member delegation led by the Hon Martin PAKULA MP, Attorney-General, State Government of Victoria, Australia, visited the Judiciary |
| 2 | Ms Tomoko NISHIMOTO, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director, International Labour Organisation Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, visited the Judiciary |
| 11 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 15th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot |
| 15 | Ms Lisa WONG Kwok-ying, SC, was appointed Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court |
| 17-22 | The Hon Mr Justice Jonathan R HARRIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the Twelfth Multinational Judicial Colloquium on Insolvency and the Tenth Quadrennial Congress of INSOL International in Sydney, Australia |
| 20-24 | The Hon Mr Justice Joseph P FOK, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal and the Hon Mr Justice Andrew CHEUNG, Chief Judge of the High Court, participated in the 20th Commonwealth Law Conference in Melbourne, Australia |
| 28-29 | An eight-member delegation led by Mr WEN Chang-zhi, President of the Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone People’s Court, visited the Judiciary |
| 5-7 | Master Herbert AU-YEUNG, Temporary Deputy Registrar of the High Court, attended the 7th Annual Competition Law Workshop for Asia-Pacific Judges in Manila, the Philippines |
| 6 | Mr Edmond LEE Chun-man and Ms Winnie TSUI Wan-wah were appointed District Judges |
| 20 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered a speech on “Relevance of the Rule of Law to Business and Investment” at the Speaker Luncheon Meeting of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors |
| 21 | Members of the Legislative Council Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services visited the Judiciary |
| 22-24 | The Hon Mr Justice Andrew CHEUNG, Chief Judge of the High Court, the Hon Mr Justice Jeremy POON, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, Mr Registrar LUNG Kim-wan, Registrar of the High Court and Master Herbert AU-YEUNG, Temporary Deputy Registrar of the High Court participated in the Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of Mutual Judicial Assistance on Civil and Commercial Matters between the Mainland and Hong Kong – Review and Outlook in Xian |
| 24 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered a speech on “The Rule of Law in Hong Kong” at the Pacific Rim Advisory Council 61st International Conference Hong Kong |
| 1-5 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA and the Hon Mr Justice Andrew CHEUNG, Chief Judge of the High Court, attended the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts hosted by the Judiciary of England and Wales in London. The Chief Justice also spoke at Chatham House in London |
| 4 | A 30-member delegation from the Chancery Bar Association visited the Judiciary |
| 9 | A ten-member delegation from the Beijing Normal University Study and Service Center of Juvenile Justice Social Work visited the Judiciary |
| 12 | Ceremonial Opening of the West Kowloon Law Courts Building |
| 13 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Department of Medicine, Hong Kong University's 22nd Hong Kong Medical Forum - Richard Yu Lecture and delivered a speech on “Judicial review and the practice of medicine in Hong Kong” |
| 13 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Bar Association Debating Competition 2017 |
| 13 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 110th Law Society of Hong Kong Jubilee Celebration Dinner |
| 15 | Ms Christina BLACKLAWS, Deputy Vice President and Ms Holly MCKENZIE, International Policy Assistant (Asia) of Law Society of England and Wales of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary |
| 15 | A 23-member delegation of Mainland judges attending the Master of Laws Programme of the City University of Hong Kong visited the Judiciary |
| 16 | A two-member delegation from the Dispute Resolution Authority of Dubai International Financial Centre visited the Judiciary |
| 23 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Charities Trust Annual Scholarship Presentation Ceremony cum 16th Graduation Dinner and delivered a speech on “A Life Well Lived” |
| 26-27 | The Hon Mr Justice Patrick CHAN, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, attended the Seminar on the 20th Anniversary of the Implementation of Basic Law of Hong Kong in Beijing |
| 29 | 86 judges and senior government officials participating in the “Senior Executive on Justice Administration Programme” organised by the Court of Justice of Thailand visited the Judiciary |
| 29.5-4.6 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA, the Hon Mr Justice R A V RIBEIRO, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal and the Hon Mr Justice Joseph P FOK, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, attended the 4th Asia-Pacific Judicial Colloquium in Vancouver, Canada |
| 31 | The Hon Robert FRENCH and the Rt Hon Lord REED were appointed Non-Permanent Judges from other common law jurisdictions of the Court of Final Appeal |
| 9 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Law Reform Commission Dinner and Essay Competition Award Ceremony 2017 |
| 10 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA presided over the 2017 Senior Counsel Admission Ceremony |
| 18-20 | The Hon Mr Justice Jonathan R HARRIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the International Insolvency Institute’s 17th Annual Conference in London, United Kingdom |
| 27 | An eight-member delegation led by Mr HU Zhi-guang, Vice-President of the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, visited the Judiciary |
| 30 | The term of office of the Rt Hon the Lord COLLINS of Mapesbury and the Rt Hon the Lord CLARKE of Stone-cum-Ebony, Non-Permanent Judges from other common law jurisdictions of the Court of Final Appeal, was extended for a period of three years |
| 3-4 | The Hon Madam Justice Bebe CHU, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, spoke at the HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2017 held in Seoul, South Korea |
| 4 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Law Council of Australia International Law Section Hong Kong Chapter’s Cocktail and Talk |
| 6 | The Hon Mr Justice Robert FRENCH, AC, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, delivered a talk entitled “Restating the Common Law – the American Law Institute” at the High Court |
| 28 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Annual General Meeting of Scout Association of Hong Kong |
| 19 | 15 legal professionals and law students from the Diocese of Eastern Kowloon, Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, visited the Judiciary |
| 24-25 | The Hon Mr Justice Jonathan R HARRIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, participated as a panellist in the Singapore Insolvency Conference 2017 held in Singapore |
| 26 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered a speech entitled "Twenty Years of the Court of Final Appeal" at the Distinguished Speaker's Luncheon organised by Young Solicitors' Group, the Law Society of Hong Kong |
| 1 | Mr Justice Henry CARR, Judge of the High Court of England and Wales of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary |
| 14-15 | The Judiciary organised the Fourth Seminar of Senior Judges of Cross-Strait and Hong Kong and Macao |
| 18-21 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 17th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific and delivered a speech at the 30th LAWASIA Conference in Tokyo, Japan |
| 26 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended as the Chief Adjudicator at the 14th Senior World Schools Debating Championship Tournament - Grand Final |
| 28 | Ms LEUNG Ka-kie; Ms Stephanie TSUI May-har; Ms LEUNG Siu-ling; Mr Jacky IP Kai-leung; Mr PANG Leung-ting; Ms May CHUNG Ming-sun; Miss Louise CHAN Lo-yee; Mr Edward WONG Ching-yu and Mr LAM Tsz-kan were appointed Permanent Magistrates |
| 10-17 | The Hon Madam Justice Bebe CHU, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, participated in the 7th Meeting of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the 1980 Child Abduction and the 1996 Child Protection Conventions in The Hague, the Netherlands |
| 16 | The Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey VOS, Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales, delivered a talk entitled “Contractual Interpretation: Do Judges Sometimes Say One Thing and Do Another?” at the High Court |
| 17 | A group of 31 Mainland judges attending the 11th Advanced Programme for Chinese Senior Judges of the City University of Hong Kong visited the Judiciary |
| 18 | A delegation from the Songino Khairkhan District of Mongolia including the Chief Judge of the First Instance Criminal Court and the District Attorney visited the Judiciary |
| 19 | A group of 23 judges participating in the Second UNCITRAL Asia-Pacific Judicial Summit visited the Judiciary |
| 20 | Professor Dr Nayla COMAIR-OBEID, President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary |
| 27 | Professor Dame Hazel GENN, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Co-Director of the UCL Judicial Institute, Faculty of Laws, University College London, delivered a talk entitled “Online Courts, AI and the Future of Justice” at the High Court |
| 29 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Hong Kong Scout Rally 2017 |
| 31.10-3.11 | Miss Ada YIM Shun-yee, Magistrate, attended the 2017 Asia Pacific Coroners’ Society Conference in Glenelg, South Australia |
| 5-9 | Deputy High Court Judge Tony POON, the judge with special responsibility for the Executive Body of the Hong Kong Judicial Institute, attended the 8th International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary of the International Organisation for Judicial Training in Manila, the Philippines |
| 11-12 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Third Qatar Law Forum on The Rule of Law in Doha, Qatar |
| 14-17 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered the Singapore Academy of Law Annual Lecture 2017 “Lawyers and the Public Interest : Is there still Honour in the Profession?” and a keynote address at the Singapore Trustees Association Conference 2017 |
| 20 | A seven-member delegation from Jiangsu Province led by Mr SUN Daolin, Vice-President of the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court, visited the Judiciary |
| 21 | Mr LEUNG Man-liang, Matthew was appointed as Permanent Magistrate |
| 22 | 19 mainland judges of the Foshan Intermediate People’s Court visited the Judiciary |
| 23 | A 12-member delegation from the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court of Thailand visited the Judiciary |
| 25 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Opening Ceremony of Law Week and Teen Talk 2017 |
| 27 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Annual Cocktail Reception of The Law Society of Hong Kong |
| 30 | Mr Registrar LUNG Kim-wan, Registrar of the High Court, attended the International Symposium on Civil Procedure Law in Macao |
| 1 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 60th Annual General Meeting and the 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Gala Dinner of the Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong |
| 1 | Master Herbert AU-YEUNG, Temporary Deputy Registrar of the High Court, attended the International Symposium on Civil Procedure Law in Macao |
| 4-5 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA, at the invitation of the Higher People’s Court of Guangdong Province, led a delegation to visit the Higher People’s Court of Guangdong Province, the People’s Court of Tianhe District, Guangzhou, and the People’s Court of Nansha District, Guangzhou. The delegation also attended a seminar to exchange views on judicial issues on matrimonial and family cases and cross-border insolvency cases |
| 7-8 | The Hon Madam Justice Queeny AU-YEUNG, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, participated as a speaker in the Tokyo Seminar on the 1980 Hague Convention in Asia Pacific held in Tokyo, Japan |
| 8 | Dr Christos CABOLIS, Chief Economist and Head of Operations of the International Institute for Management Development World Competitiveness Center, visited the Judiciary |
| 12 | An eight-member delegation from the Supreme Court of Nepal visited the Judiciary |
| 13 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Ceremony on the Nanjing Massacre National Memorial Day |
| 13 | The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 2017 Law Society Pro Bono and Community Service Award Presentation Ceremony |
| 21 | Mr Dick HO Chin-pang and Mr SO Wai-tak were appointed Principal Magistrates |
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