Vice presidents of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong

The vice presidents of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong are senior justices of appeal who have been appointed by the chief judge of the High Court of Hong Kong to preside over a division of the Court of Appeal. Originally, there were only two vice presidents, dealing with the criminal and civil divisions respectively. This later grew to three to include a mixed division, and occasionally up to four to help ease the burden of workload on each vice president.

Role and responsibilities The vice-presidents usually preside over an appeal hearing unless the chief judge is sitting, then the chief judge presides. From an order of precedence standpoint, they are more senior than regular justices of appeal and often are given some administrative responsibilities by the chief judge. However, from a judicial judgement standpoint, vice presidents, like the Chief Judge, are the same as any Justice of Appeal and do not possess any greater power during appeals.

List of vice presidents +#NameTenureSubsequent promotionsSilkRef1Sir Alan Armstrong Huggins1980–1987Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)2Simon Li Fook-sean, GBM1984–1987Retired3Sir Derek Cons1986–1993Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)4Sir Ti-liang Yang, GBM1987–1988Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (retired)5William James Silke1987–1994Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)6Kutlu Tekin Fuad1988–1993Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)7Sir Noel Plunkett Power, GBS1993–1999Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)8Gerald Paul Nazareth, GBS1994–2000Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)QC (1981)9Henry Denis Litton, GBM1995–1997Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)(also Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal)QC (1970)10John Barry Mortimer, GBS1997–1999Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)QC (1971)11Michael Stuart-Moore, GBS1999–2009RetiredQC (1990)12Gerald Michael Godfrey 2000RetiredQC (1971)13Simon Herbert Mayo, GBS2000–2002Retired14Anthony Gordon Rogers, GBS2000–2011RetiredQC (1984)15Woo Kwok-hing, GBS2004–2011RetiredQC (1987)16Robert Tang Kwok-ching, GBM, SBS2006–2012Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)(also Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal)QC (1986)17Frank Stock, GBS2009–2014Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final AppealQC (1985)18Wally Yeung Chun-kuen, GBS2011–2021Retired19Johnson Lam Man-hon2013–2021 Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal20Michael Victor Lunn, GBS2014–2018RetiredQC (1994)21Andrew Colin Macrae2018– SC (1999)22Susan Kwan Shuk-hing2019– 23Carlye Chu Fun-ling2022–

References