Judicial Appointments

The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:

     The Judiciary today (June 8) announced the appointment of the Honourable Madam Justice Maggie Poon Man-kay, the Honourable Mr Justice Godfrey Lam Wan-ho and the Honourable Mr Justice Anderson Chow Ka-ming as Justices of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court. All appointments will take effect from June 9, 2021.

     The appointments are made by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission.  

     The biographical notes of the appointees are as follows:

The Honourable Madam Justice Maggie Poon Man-kay

     The Honourable Madam Justice Maggie Poon was born in Hong Kong in 1962. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Jurisprudence and LL.M. from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and the University of Hong Kong in 1985 and 1990 respectively. She obtained a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom in 2000. She completed the Bar Finals Examination of the Inns of Court School of Law in London, United Kingdom, in 1986. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales and to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1986 and 1987 respectively. She was in private practice between 1988 and 1994. She joined the Judiciary as Permanent Magistrate in 1994. She was appointed as District Judge in 1998 and Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2009. 

The Honourable Mr Justice Godfrey Lam Wan-ho

     The Honourable Mr Justice Godfrey Lam was born in Hong Kong in 1968. He obtained B.A. (Law Tripos) from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom in 1991. He further obtained LL.M. in Asian and Comparative Law from the University of Washington, Seattle, in the United States of America in 1992 and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1993. He was called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1993 and was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2008. He was in private practice between 1994 and 2012. He was appointed as Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court and President, Competition Tribunal, in 2013.

The Honourable Mr Justice Anderson Chow Ka-ming

     The Honourable Mr Justice Anderson Chow was born in 1964 in Hong Kong. He obtained LL.B. and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1986 and 1987 respectively. He was called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1987 and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1995. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2004. He was in private practice between 1988 and 2014. He was appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court from 2010 to 2014. He was appointed as Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2014.