Michael Lunn

Michael Victor Lunn, GBS, QC, SC (Chinese: 倫明高; born 1950) is a senior judge. He is Chairman of the Market Misconduct Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal in Hong Kong.

The Honourable Mr Justice Michael Lunn GBS, QC, SC
Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong
In office 2014–2018
Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong
In office 2011–2014
Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong
In office 2003–2011
Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong
In office 2000–2003
Personal details
Born	1950 Southern Rhodesia
Alma mater	Davidson College Queens' College, Cambridge

Early life

Lunn was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was educated in England.

In 1968, he won a Richardson Foundation Scholarship to Davidson College in the United States.[1]

He graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge with a BA in law in 1972.[2]

Legal career

In 1973, Lunn was called to the Bar in England and was admitted to Inner Temple. He was a barrister in private practice in England from 1974 to 1977.[2]

He moved to Hong Kong in 1977 and worked in the Attorney-General's Chambers until 1981. From 1982 to 2003, he was in private practice as a member of the Chambers of Gary Plowman SC.[2][3]

Lunn took silk in 1994.[2]

He was Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2001 to 2003.[2]

Judicial career

Lunn was appointed as a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong in 2000.[4] He was appointed as a full-time Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong in 2003.[2]

He was elevated to the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong in 2011[5] and became Vice President of the Court of Appeal in 2014.[6]

Lunn was Chairman of the Market Misconduct Tribunal from 2005 to 2012.[6]

In 2012, Lunn was appointed as Chairman of the Inquiry into the 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision.[7]

After the 2018 Hong Kong bus accident, Lunn was appointed as Chairman of the Independent Review Committee on Hong Kong's Franchised Bus Service.[8]

Lunn retired from the Hong Kong Judiciary in 2018.[9] He was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Chief Executive.[10]

Since October 2018, Lunn has been sitting as a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam.[11]

Lunn sat as a Deputy Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020.[12][13]

In 2019, Lunn was re-appointed as Chairman of the Market Misconduct Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal for a 3-year term until 2021.[14][15]

References

1. Lui, Alison. "5". Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume Two. New York: Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 9780429255915.
2. "Judicial appointment for Michael Lunn". 11 September 2003.
3. "Plowman Chambers". Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
4. "G.N. 7453", Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 46, Vol. 4, 17 November 2001)
5. "Judicial appointment". 12 December 2011.
6. "Appointment of Vice-President of the Court of Appeal". 13 June 2014.
7. "Press statement by the Honourable Mr Justice Lunn". 22 October 2012.
8. "Press statement by the Honourable Mr Justice Michael Victor Lunn". 28 March 2018.
9. "Hong Kong Judiciary Annual Report 2018 (List of Judges and Judicial Officers)".
10. "G.N.(E.) 32" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 29, Vol. 22 (Extraordinary), 1 July 2018)
11. "Sultan Attends Swearing-in Ceremony of Judges". State Judiciary Department, Brunei Darussalam. 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020.
12. "G.N. 129" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 2, Vol. 23, 11 January 2019)
13. "G.N. 3674" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 27, Vol. 24, 3 July 2020)
14. "Appointment of Chairmen of Market Misconduct Tribunal and Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal". 13 July 2018.
15. "G.N. 5180", Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 28, Vol. 22, 13 July 2018)