The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:
The Judiciary today (July 18) announced the appointment of Mr Jenkin Suen, SC, as a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. The appointment will take effect on August 1, 2024, for a term of three years.
The appointment is made by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission.
The biographical note of Mr Suen, SC, is as follows:
Mr Jenkin Suen, SC
Mr Suen, SC, was born in 1977 in Hong Kong. He obtained his LL.B. and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1999 and 2000 respectively. He further acquired a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom in 2001 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Hong Kong in 2013. He was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2004, and has been in private practice in Hong Kong since 2004. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2019. He was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods from 2022 to 2023.
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