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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 certain divisions of the Court of Appeal. Originally, there were only two vice presidents, dealing with the criminal division and civil division 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.[1]

Role and responsibilities

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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

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# Name Tenure Subsequent promotions Silk Ref
1 Sir Alan Armstrong Huggins 1980–1987 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
2 Simon Li Fook-sean, GBM 1984–1987 Retired
3 Sir Derek Cons 1986–1993 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
4 Sir Yang Ti-liang, GBM 1987–1988 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (retired)
5 William James Silke 1987–1994 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
6 Kutlu Tekin Fuad 1988–1993 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
7 Sir Noel Plunkett Power, GBS 1993–1999 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
8 Gerald Paul Nazareth, GBS 1994–2000 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired) QC (1981)
9 Henry Denis Litton, GBM 1995–1997 Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
(also Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal) 		QC (1970)
10 John Barry Mortimer, GBS 1997–1999 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired) QC (1971)
11 Michael Stuart-Moore, GBS 1999–2009 Retired QC (1990)
12 Gerald Michael Godfrey 2000 Retired QC (1971)
13 Simon Herbert Mayo, GBS 2000–2002 Retired
14 Anthony Gordon Rogers, GBS 2000–2011 Retired QC (1984)
15 Woo Kwok-hing, GBS 2004–2011 Retired QC (1987) [2]
16 Robert Tang Kwok-ching, GBM, SBS 2006–2012 Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (retired)
(also Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal) 		QC (1986) [3]
17 Frank Stock, GBS 2009–2014 Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal QC (1985) [4]
18 Wally Yeung Chun-kuen, GBS 2011–2021 Retired [5]
19 Johnson Lam Man-hon 2013–2021 Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal [6]
20 Michael Victor Lunn, GBS 2014–2018 Retired QC (1994) [7]
21 Andrew Colin Macrae 2018– SC (1999) [8]
22 Susan Kwan Shuk-hing 2019– [9]
23 Carlye Chu Fun-ling 2022– [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Report of the Subcommittee on proposed senior judicial appointments" (PDF). Hong Kong Legislative Council. 13 June 2003.
  2. ^ "Retired judge Woo Kwok-hing first to officially throw hat in the ring for Hong Kong's 2017 chief executive election". South China Morning Post. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  3. ^ Keepthinking. "The Honourable Robert TANG Ching, GBM, SBS, JP". www.westkowloon.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  4. ^ "Face to Face with Frank Stock, Former Vice-President of the Court of Appeal | Hong Kong Lawyer". www.hk-lawyer.org. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong's Legal Services". www.legalhub.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. ^ "Judicial appointment". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  7. ^ "Michael Lunn to head panel to review bus franchise | Hong Kong | China Daily". www.chinadailyhk.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  8. ^ "Appointment of Vice-President of the Court of Appeal". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  9. ^ "Appointment of Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  10. ^ "Appointment of Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court".
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