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The District Court is the intermediate court system in Hong Kong, having limited criminal and civil jurisdictions. The District Court was established in 1953 with the enactment of the District Court Ordinance. [1] It is located in the Wanchai Law Courts, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road.
It replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London as the highest appellate court of Hong Kong, The Court comprises five judges — the Chief Justice, three permanent judges and one non-permanent judge from Hong Kong or another common law jurisdiction. There is a panel of eight non-permanent Hong Kong judges and nine non ...
The Court of First Instance is the highest court in Hong Kong that can hear cases at first instance with unlimited jurisdiction in both civil and criminal matters. It hears predominantly civil cases but only relatively few criminal cases were heard at first instance, mostly involving the most serious crimes such as homicide offences, rape ...
The Family Court of Hong Kong is a court (part of the District Court) [1] which mainly deals with cases relating to divorces and welfare maintenance for children. [ 2 ] Composition
The lawyer representing Chan disputed the legality of the District Court to hear sedition cases, arguing the charge was exempt from a rule stating that "indictable offences" were to be transferred to the District Court on request of the prosecution, and demanded the trial be stood in High Court with jury. [238]
A Hong Kong court found two former news editors guilty on Thursday of publishing seditious content on a shuttered pro-democracy media site, a ruling rights groups said was a further blow to press ...