Jeremy Poon

The Honourable Mr Justice Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor (潘兆初) is the Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong and President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong.[1]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Poon.
The Honourable Mr Justice

Jeremy Poon Shiu-Chor

CJHC
潘兆初
5th Chief Judge of the High Court
Assumed office
2019
Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court
In office
2015–2019
Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
In office
2006–2015
Deputy Registrar of the High Court
In office
1999–2006
Magistrate
In office
1993–1996
Personal details
BornFebruary 1962 (age 58)
British Hong Kong
NationalityChinese
Alma materUniversity College London
University of Hong Kong

Since 2018, he has served as President of the Scout Council of the Scout Association of Hong Kong.[2]

Biography

Early life

Poon was born in Hong Kong in 1962. He received an LLB in 1985 and a PCLL in 1986 from the University of Hong Kong. He earned an LLM from University College London in the United Kingdom in the following year.[3]

Poon was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1986 and was a barrister in private practice between 1988 and 1993.

In 1993, Poon joined the bench as a Permanent Magistrate. He sat as a Presiding Officer in the Labour Tribunal.[4] Poon was appointed as Deputy Registrar of the High Court in 1999 and as Judge of Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2006.[3][5] From 2011 to 2015, he was the Civil Listing Judge and the Judge in charge of the Probate List, the Family Law List and the Mental Health List.[2]

In 2012, Poon acted as Returning Officer for the 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election.[6]

In 2015, Poon was elevated to the Court of Appeal.[7][8]

On 22 May 2019, acting on the recommendation of the independent Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission (JORC), the Chief Executive announced Poon's appointment as Chief Judge of the High Court (a post which had become vacant upon the appointment of Andrew Cheung as a Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal in October 2018), subject to the endorsement of the Legislative Council in accordance with Article 90 of the Basic Law.[9] Pending the Legislative Council's endorsement, Poon was appointed as Acting Chief Judge of the High Court on 1 August 2019.[10] After the Legislative Council endorsed Poon's appointment, Poon became Chief Judge of the High Court with effect from 18 December 2019.[1]

References
  1. "Appointments of non-permanent judge from another common law jurisdiction of the Court of Final Appeal and the Chief Judge of the High Court". Government of Hong Kong. 13 December 2019.
  2. "Curriculum Vitae of Mr Justice Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court" (PDF). www.info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong.
  3. "Judicial appointments". www.info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 24 November 2006.
  4. Anant Ram Devgun v Arjan Wadhmal Nandwani, HCSA 20/2006, at para. 17
  5. "G.N. 7536", Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 48, Vol. 10, 1 December 2006)
  6. "G.N. 8301", Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 51, Vol. 15, 23 December 2011)
  7. "Judicial appointments". www.info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 16 September 2015.
  8. "G.N. 7242", Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 39, Vol. 19, 25 September 2015)
  9. "Senior judicial appointment: Chief Judge of the High Court". www.info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 22 May 2019.
  10. "G.N. 4834", Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 31, Vol. 23, 2 August 2019)
Legal offices
Preceded by
Andrew Cheung		 Chief Judge of the High Court
2019–present		 Incumbent
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