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A permanent magistrate is a full-time magistrate, and is assigned to sit in one of the seven magistrates' courts. The Chief Justice appoints on a temporary basis a number of principal and permanent magistrates to sit as a Master in the High Court [2] or to sit as a Deputy District Judge or Master in the District Court, Family Court or Lands Tribunal.
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 ...
A chief magistrate is a public official, executive or judicial, whose office is the highest in its class. Historically, the two different meanings of magistrate have often overlapped and refer to, as the case may be, to a major political and administrative officer (usually at a subnational or colonial level) or a judge and barrister.
Chief Magistrate: So Wai-tak; ... Hong Kong is administratively divided into 18 districts. ... 1999, htm format, 2001, pdf format
Attorney General of Hong Kong from 1966 to 1973. Colonial/Chief Secretary from 1973 to 1979. 21: Sir Ti-liang Yang: 1988–1996 Sir David Wilson: First Chinese Chief Justice. Resigned to contest position of Chief Executive of Hong Kong. – Sir Noel Power: 1996–1997 Acting: Chris Patten: Acting CJ pending handover of Hong Kong to China 1997.
During British rule between 1843 and 1997, the head of the Hong Kong Judiciary was the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong; that position became the chief judge of the High Court in 1997. The first chief justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal was Andrew Li, who served for over 13 years.
The Prosecutions Division (刑事檢控科) of the Department of Justice, is the public prosecution office in Hong Kong led by the Director of Public Prosecutions. [1] The Prosecutions Division is the largest in the department, with about 125 lawyers, known as 'Public Prosecutors', and about 115 lay prosecutors, known as 'Court Prosecutors'.
Appointed Chief Justice of Hong Kong 1902. 10 Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, KC: 1902 1906 [5] Previously Chief Justice of Fiji 1889-1902. Retired to practice at Hong Kong bar 1906, but acted as AG in 1909. 11 Sir William Rees-Davies, KC: 1907 1912 Appointed Chief Justice of Hong Kong 1912. 12 Sir John Bucknill, KC: 1912 1914