Highlights of Events in 2024
| January | |
| 1 | Mr Martin HUI, SC; Ms SIT Yat Wah, SC; and Ms Rachel LAM, SC, were re-appointed as Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for a term of three years |
| 19 | His Honour Judge HUI Ka Ho was appointed as a Senior Deputy Registrar, High Court |
| 22 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG officiated at the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year 2024 |
| 29 | A seven-member delegation led by Mr YANG Wanming, Vice-president of the Supreme People's Court, visited the Judiciary |
| February | |
| 1 | Mr Eugene FUNG, SC, was re-appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for a term of three years |
| March | |
| 1 | The term of office of the Rt Hon the Lord NEUBERGER of Abbotsbury, Non-Permanent Judge from another common law jurisdiction of the Court of Final Appeal, was extended for a period of three years |
| 14-15 | The Judiciary co-hosted the eighth Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation with the Supreme Court of New South Wales of Australia and the Supreme Court of Singapore in Hong Kong |
| 15 | The Judiciary and the Judiciary of Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance judicial exchanges in promoting the efficient administration of the family justice systems in the two jurisdictions |
| 28 | A 27-member delegation of the Legal and Judicial Training Centre of the Macao Special Administrative Region visited the Judiciary |
| April | |
| 8 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG and the Hon Mr Justice Russell COLEMAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, delivered speeches at the 4th Conference of the International Advocacy Training Council 2024 |
| 12 | Miss Ada YIM and Mr Lawrence YIP were appointed as District Judges |
| 15/4-10/5 | A three-member delegation of Judges and Judicial Officers led by His Honour Judge Herbert AU-YEUNG, the then District Judge, attended an attachment programme in Guangdong Province under the reciprocal attachment programme in collaboration with the Supreme People’s Court |
| 17 | A 22-member delegation led by the Hon Madam Justice Carlye CHU, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, visited the High People’s Court of Guangdong Province and the Guangzhou Internet Court, and had professional exchanges with the Mainland judges and judicial staff on technology application in courts |
| 20-21 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG; the Hon Mr Justice Joseph FOK, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal; and the Hon Mr Justice Jonathan HARRIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the fifth Full Meeting of the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts in Doha, Qatar |
| 23-26 | The Hon Mr Justice Godfrey LAM, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, delivered a speech at the 4th Judicial Roundtable on Commercial Law in London, the United Kingdom |
| 23 | A two-member delegation led by Mr TAN Jian, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Kingdom of the Netherlands cum Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, visited the Judiciary |
| 24 | A group of 46 Mainland judges and judicial assistants attending the Doctor of Juridical Science Programme for Chinese Senior Judges and the Master of Laws Programme for Chinese Judges of the City University of Hong Kong visited the Judiciary |
| 30 | Ms Grace CHOW was appointed as a District Judge |
| May | |
| 5 | The Hon Mr Justice Jeremy POON, Chief Judge of the High Court, delivered a keynote speech at the 2024 China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Greater Bay Area Summit |
| 6 | The Hon Madam Justice Mimmie CHAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, delivered a speech at the International Council for Commercial Arbitration Congress 2024 |
| 9 | The Hon Mr Justice Syed Kemal Shah BOKHARY, Non-Permanent Hong Kong Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, delivered a keynote speech at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Arbitration “Going Global” Co-operation and Development Forum |
| 11 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG presided over the Ceremony for the Admission of the New Senior Counsel |
| 21-24 | The Hon Madam Justice Linda CHAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the 14th Multinational Judicial Colloquium on Insolvency and the INSOL San Diego Conference 2024 in San Diego, USA |
| 22 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG delivered a keynote speech entitled “Combating Corruption and the Rule of Law” at the 8th ICAC Symposium |
| 24 | The Hon James Leslie Bain ALLSOP was appointed as a Non-Permanent Judge from another common law jurisdiction of the Court of Final Appeal |
| 27-31 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG led a Judiciary delegation to visit Shanghai and Zhejiang. Members of the delegation included the Hon Mr Justice Jeremy POON, Chief Judge of the High Court; the Hon Madam Justice Carlye CHU, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court; the Hon Mr Justice Godfrey LAM, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court; and the Hon Madam Justice Linda CHAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. The delegation met with Mr Deng Xiuming, the Executive Vice-president of the Supreme People’s Court, attended seminars, and had professional exchanges with Mainland judges on court operations and related judicial issues such as commercial litigation and the use of technology in court |
| June | |
| 5 | Mr KWONG Ka Tung was appointed as a District Judge |
| 7 | A group of 57 legal professionals attending the 34th Presidents of Law Associations in Asia Summit visited the Judiciary |
| 18 | Ms Phillis LOH was appointed as a District Judge |
| 18 | A group of 22 government officials and members of the legal profession from Shenzhen attending a thematic training course on construction of rule of law in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and legal regulatory interface and connectivity between the three places visited the Judiciary |
| 26 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG delivered a speech at a webinar held by the Hong Kong Association of the United Kingdom |
| July | |
| 3 | His Honour Judge Herbert AU-YEUNG and Her Honour Judge Winnie TSUI, District Judges, were appointed as Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court |
| 4 | A 33-member delegation from the China-AALCO Exchange and Research Program on International Law visited the Judiciary |
| 9 | Miss Liza CRUDEN was appointed as a District Judge |
| 13 | The Hon Madam Justice Lisa WONG and the Hon Mr Justice Tony POON, Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court; and Her Honour Judge Grace CHOW and His Honour Judge KWONG Ka Tung, District Judges, adjudicated the Finals of the Hong Kong Bar Association Debating Competition 2024 |
| August | |
| 1 | Mr Jenkin SUEN, SC, was appointed as a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for a term of three years |
| 9 | His Honour Judge LEUNG Chun Man, His Honour Judge Douglas YAU, His Honour Judge Anthony KWOK and Her Honour Judge Amanda WOODCOCK, District Judges, were appointed as Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court |
| 16 | A 20-member delegation comprising officials from the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council visited the Judiciary |
| 16 | The Hon Mr Justice Jonathan HARRIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, was re-appointed as the President of the Competition Tribunal for a term of three years |
| 28 | The Hon Madam Justice Mimmie CHAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the International Bar Association Asia Pacific Regional Forum in Singapore and delivered a speech at a symposium on the role of the courts in arbitration |
| 28 | Mr LAM Chin Ching was appointed as a District Judge |
| 30 | A five-member delegation from the High Court of Sheger City, Ethiopia, visited the Judiciary |
| September | |
| 2 | Mr TAM Yiu Ho, SC, was appointed as a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court |
| 6-7 | The Hon Madam Justice Queeny AU-YEUNG and the Hon Mr Justice Russell COLEMAN, Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, and His Hon Judge Ivan WONG, Principal Family Court Judge, delivered speeches at the Modern Families Conference 2024 |
| 11 | The Hon Martin CAUCHON, Vice-Chair of the Canada China Business Council, visited the Judiciary |
| 12 | A 14-member delegation from Mainland Justice Departments/Bureaux as well as the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council visited the Judiciary |
| 19/9-13/12 | Four Mainland judges were attached to the High Court for judicial exchanges under an attachment programme |
| 24 | A nine-member delegation led by His Excellency Judge Khalid bin Ali AL OBAIDLY, President of the Investment and Trade Court of Qatar, visited the Judiciary |
| 24 | A three-member delegation of the Counselling and Psychological Services of the Family Justice Courts of Singapore visited the Judiciary |
| 26 | A group of 33 Mainland judges attending the 17th Advanced Programme for Chinese Senior Judges of the City University of Hong Kong visited the Judiciary |
| 27 | The Hon Madam Justice Linda CHAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the Forum on Asian Insolvency Reform in Singapore |
| October | |
| 1 | Mr WONG Ming Fung, SC; Mr Victor DAWES, SC; Mr Richard KHAW, SC; Mr José-Antonio MAURELLET, SC; Mr Abraham CHAN, SC; and Mr PAO Jin Long, SC, were re-appointed as Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for a term of three years |
| 7 | The Hon Mr Justice Jonathan HARRIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, delivered a speech at the INSOL Seoul Seminar in Seoul, South Korea |
| 9-10 | The Hon Mr Justice David LOK, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the 2024 World Intellectual Property Organization Intellectual Property Judges Forum in Geneva, Switzerland |
| 9 | Ms Michelle LAM was appointed as a District Judge |
| 10-14 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG attended the 19th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific and the opening ceremony of the 37th LAWASIA Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 15 | A five-member delegation from the East China University of Political Science and Law visited the Judiciary |
| 25 | The terms of office of the Hon Mr Justice Kemal BOKHARY and the Hon Mr Justice Robert TANG, Non-Permanent Hong Kong Judges of the Court of Final Appeal, were extended for a period of three years |
| 30/10-1/11 | The Hon Mr Justice Russell COLEMAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, delivered a speech at the 20th National Family Law Conference in Perth, Australia |
| November | |
| 3-10 | A 20-member delegation of Judges and Judicial Officers led by the Hon Mr Justice Jeremy POON, Chief Judge of the High Court, visited Sichuan for an exchange visit programme. The delegation engaged in exchanges and attended discussion forums and thematic talks on various topics. The delegation also visited court buildings and facilities relating to technology and culture, etc. |
| 7 | Professor Ignacio TIRADO, Secretary-General of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, visited the Judiciary |
| 7 | Mr Simon KWANG, Registrar of the High Court, delivered a keynote speech at the Hong Kong Legal Week 2024: Joint Contribution to the Construction of Rule of Law in the GBA |
| 8 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG delivered opening remarks at the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Legal Week 2024: Rule of Law: The Best Business Environment. The Hon Mr Justice David LOK, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, also attended one of the panel discussions as a speaker for the introduction |
| 11-12 | The Hon Mr Justice Kevin ZERVOS, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, attended the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee Asia Conference in Singapore |
| 13 | An eight-member delegation led by Mr JIA Yu, President of the Shanghai High People’s Court, visited the Judiciary |
| 13 | The Hon Mr Justice Russell COLEMAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, delivered a speech at an advanced legal education talk for the Hong Kong Bar Association |
| 15 | The Hon Mr Justice Douglas YAU, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court; Her Honour Judge Lily WONG and Her Honour Judge Kathie CHEUNG, District Judges, gave a talk on the topic “Observations from the bench: The Handling of District Court cases” at the Department of Justices |
| 15 | A 20-member delegation comprising members from the Panel of Advisers to the Youth Court, staff from the Rehabilitation and Protection Group of the Ministry of Social and Family Development, and judges from the Youth Courts of the Family Justice Courts of Singapore, visited the Judiciary |
| 28 | Mr Adam WILLIAMS, Chief Executive of Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary |
| December | |
| 3 | Mr LEE Siu Ho was appointed as a District Judge |
| 3 | Dr Suyud MARGONO, Chairman of the Indonesian Intellectual Property Attorneys Association, visited the Judiciary |
| 3 | Mr LI Zijun, Deputy Commissioner of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, visited the Judiciary |
| 5 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG and the Hon Mr Justice Tony POON, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the 67th Annual General Meeting of the Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong |
| 9 | The Hon Chief Justice Andrew CHEUNG delivered opening remarks at the Law Society of Hong Kong’s Pro Bono and Community Service Award Presentation Ceremony 2024 |
| 9 | Mr WU Hongbo, Special Representative of the Chinese Government on European Affairs, visited the Judiciary |
