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Highlights of Events in 2014
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January
6The Hon Mr Justice Louis CHAN was appointed President, Lands Tribunal
13The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA declared opening of the 2014 Legal Year
15Mr NG Siu-lam, Alex was appointed Member of the Lands Tribunal
20A twenty-nine-member delegation of judges attending the 8th Advanced Programme for Chinese Senior Judges at the Law School of the City University of Hong Kong visited the Judiciary
20Prof Christian SCHWARZENEGGER, Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland visited the Judiciary
21Mr WANG Sheng-ming, Vice-chairperson of the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress, visited the Judiciary

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February
12Mr Stephen LILLIE, Director of the Asia Pacific Region of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, visited the Judiciary
13An eighteen-member delegation of European Union Heads of Mission visited the Judiciary
18Mr CHEN Xu, Chief Procurator of the Shanghai People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary
22The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Standard Chartered Hong Kong English Public Speaking Contest 2014

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March
11Mr LUNG Kim-wan was appointed Registrar of the High Court

Mr HO Chi-yin, Andy was appointed Senior Deputy Registrar, High Court

His Honour Judge Simon KWANG was appointed Registrar of the Court of Final Appeal and Senior Deputy Registrar, High Court

Mr Timothy Harry CASEWELL and Mr LO Kit-man, Simon were appointed District Judges

Mr LEE Hing-nin, Clement was appointed Chief Magistrate

13The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the opening ceremony of the Legal Exhibition De Lege Lata at the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
14A four-member delegation led by Mr WE Chul-whan, President of Korean Bar Association, visited the Judiciary
15The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 12th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot
17The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA gave a talk on the topic of “A Respect for Rights and a Respect for the Rights of Others” at the University Assembly of Lingnan University
20The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered an opening address at the International Conference on Mediation organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Department of Justice
20A four-member delegation led by Mr Justice Surendra Kumar SINHA, Chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission, visited the Judiciary
22The Hon Mr Justice Jeremy POON, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court; Deputy High Court Judge Bebe CHU; Deputy High Court Judge David LOK; Acting Principal Family Court Judge Bruno CHAN; and Her Honour Judge Sharon D MELLOY, District Judge, spoke at the Briefing on Review of Family Procedure Rules at Leighton Hill Community Hall, Happy Valley
26-28The Hon Madam Justice Mimmie CHAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, spoke at the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group in Melbourne, Australia
28The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Hong Kong Baptist University Founders' Day Reception
29The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Hong Kong Bar Association Debating Competition 2014

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April
2Mr TAM Sze-lok was appointed District Judge
8Mr Arnold Wong, Director of Shared Information Services for the Department of the Attorney General in Western Australia, visited the Judiciary
19-22The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered a speech at the Fifth Tun Hussein Onn Lecture organised by the Lincoln’s Inn Alumni Association of Malaysia, called on the Chief Justice of Malaysia, gave a talk to the local university students and met with the Malaysian Bar Council in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24-25A six-member delegation led by President QI Qi, Zhejiang Higher People's Court of the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary
25A student delegation participating in the Youth Summit - the "i-Relay" Youth Integrity Project organised by the Independent Commission Against Corruption visited the Judiciary
26Deputy High Court Judge POON served as chief adjudicator in the final round of the University Debate Contest 2014

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May
2A three-member delegation led by Mr Registrar FOO Chee-hock, Supreme Court of Singapore, visited the Judiciary
9His Honour Judge C K CHAN, District Judge, delivered a seminar entitled "Property Regimes of Family and Marriage in Hong Kong" in Macao
12-13Deputy High Court Judge Bebe CHU, Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, and Her Honour Judge Sharon D MELLOY, District Judge, participated in an international conference entitled "Cross-Border Family Law Issues and the Well-Being of the Child: Asia-Pacific Perspectives" in Beijing
19-22The Hon Mr Justice Godfrey LAM and the Hon Madam Justice Queeny AU-YEUNG, Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, and Mr HUI Ka-ho, Temporary Deputy Registrar of the High Court, visited Sydney, Australia to meet with judges of the Federal Court of Australia and the Australian Competition Tribunal and legal professionals specialised in competition law and competition-related procedural rules, litigation matters and court practices
20-23His Honour Judge Jack WONG, District Judge, attended the meeting of the Special Commission on the Apostille, Service, Evidence and Access to Justice Conventions held in Hague, the Netherlands
22-23The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended as a panel member for the topic on "Judicial Perspectives on the Rule of Law and Development" at the "Rule of Law Symposium 2014: The Importance of the Rule of Law in Promoting Development" held in Singapore
26-27A ten-member delegation led by Vice President LI Shaoping, Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary
29The Rt Hon the Lord COLLINS of Mapesbury, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, delivered a Question and Answer Session – Lord Collins in Conversation at the High Court
29A twenty-nine-member delegation of judges attending the 9th Advanced Programme for Chinese Senior Judges at the Law School of the City University of Hong Kong visited the Judiciary

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June
11A group of nine law students from the Santa Clara University of the United States of America visited the Judiciary
16The Hon Mr Justice Michael V LUNN, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, was appointed Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court

The Hon Mr Justice Ian C McWALTERS was appointed Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court

17A thirty-six-member delegation led by Professor Andreas KELLERHALS, Director of the Europa Institute and the LLM Program of the University of Zurich, visited the Judiciary
30The terms of office of the Rt Hon the Lord COLLINS of Mapesbury and the Rt Hon the Lord CLARKE of Stone-cum-Ebony, Non-Permanent Judges from other common law jurisdictions of the Court of Final Appeal, were extended for a period of three years
30The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the First Law Reform Essay Competition Certificate Award Ceremony

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July
2A group of fifty law students from the Asia-American Institute in Transnational Law visited the Judiciary
7-8A group of thirteen law students from Shantou University of the People’s Republic of China visited the Judiciary
9A group of eighteen law students from Peking University of the People’s Republic of China visited the Judiciary
10The Hon Mr Justice William GUMMOW, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, delivered a talk entitled "The Strengths of the Common Law" at the High Court
10-12The Hon Mr Justice Wally YEUNG, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, gave lectures at the Law School, Nankai University in Tianjin
22A twenty-seven-member delegation from the Macao Judiciary visited the Judiciary
23Mrs Sylvie BERMANN, French Ambassador in Beijing, visited the Judiciary

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August
1Mr CHOW Ka-ming, Anderson, SC was appointed Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
1A nine-member delegation from 2014 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Group of the National Committee on US-China Relations visited the Judiciary
2The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA delivered a keynote speech at the Grand Finals of the Flashpoint Debating Tournament
21-22A four-member delegation led by Mr HU Yun-teng, Grand Justice of the Second Rank of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China, visited the Judiciary

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September
5Mr Justice BIRSS, Judge of the High Court of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary
5Dr Horacio GRIGERA NAÓN, Director of the Center on International Commercial Arbitration of American University, visited the Judiciary
8Mr Nicholas LAVENDER QC, Chairman of Bar Council of England and Wales, visited the Judiciary
11An eight-member delegation from the Thai Central Authority for the Child Abduction Convention visited the Judiciary
11-12The Hon Madam Justice Carlye CHU Fan-ling, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, attended the 7th AIJA Appellate Judges' Conference held in Sydney, Australia
17-20The Hon Mr Justice R A V RIBEIRO, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, attended the Global Constitutionalism Seminar 2014 held at the Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, the United States
24Mr Kalyan SHRESTHA, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal, visited the Judiciary
24-26The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the International Malaysia Law Conference 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and delivered a keynote address on "The Practice of Law: A Vocation survives amidst Globalisation"
27-28The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA chaired a session on "Advocacy in Challenging Situations" at the International Advocacy Training Council Conference 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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October
3An eight-member delegation from the Busan American Law Study Association of the Republic of Korea visited the Judiciary
10-11The Hon Madam Justice Queeny AU-YEUNG, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the 12th Annual University of South Australia Competitionand Consumer Workshop in Adelaide, Australia
14Mr ZHENG Shanhe, Bureau Chief, Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice of the People’s Republic of China, visited the Judiciary
15-17The Hon Mr Justice Godfrey LAM and the Hon Madam Justice Queeny AU-YEUNG, Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, and Master HUI Ka-ho and Master Herbert AU-YEUNG, Temporary Deputy Registrars of the High Court, attended the Competition Law Workshop for Asia-Pacific Judges in Seoul, Korea
17Lord Hope of CRAIGHEAD, former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, visited the Judiciary
30The Hon Mr Justice James SPIGELMAN, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, delivered a talk titled "Institutional Integrity and Public Law" at the High Court

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November
5A 14-member delegation led by Ms HAN Hong, Deputy Director of the Political Department and Judges Management Department of the Supreme People’s Court, visited the Judiciary
11-14Mr KO Wai-hung, Magistrate, attended the Asia Pacific Coroners Society Conference 2014 in Melbourne, Australia
13Mr Michel KALLIPETIS QC delivered a talk entitled "Mediation: Recent Judicial Decisions" at the High Court
20Miss NG Chung-yee, Debbie; Miss HEUNG Shuk-han, Veronica; Mr CHU Chung-keung; Ms TO Kit-ling, Doris; Ms SHUI Kelly; Ms CHENG Kam-lin, Catherine; Mr CHAN Ping-chau, Kenneth; Mr LEE Siu-ho; Mr CHOW Chi-wei, Raymund; Ms CHU Yuen-yee; Mr CHAN David; Ms WONG Nga-yan, Peony; Mr WONG Sze-cheung, Colin; Ms SO Ka-yin, Rita; Miss LEE Kar-lok, Jacqueline and Mr HO Chun-yiu were appointed Magistrates

Mr YUE King-tin, Robin; Mr MOK Tze-chung, Andrew; Miss LEUNG Nga-yan, Frances; Mr YU Chun-pong and Mr LAM Hei-wei, Arthur were appointed Special Magistrates

20-22Deputy High Court Judge Bebe CHU, Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, attended the Working Group meeting under the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference held in The Hague, the Netherlands
24Mr GAN Zangchun, Deputy Director of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, visited the Judiciary
29The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Law Week 2014 Opening Ceremony

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December
5A delegation of 80 Philippine Law Deans from the Philippine Association of Law Schools visited the Judiciary
9The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the 2014 Law Society Pro Bono and Community Service Award Ceremony
10The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey MA attended the Bar Scholarship Presentation Ceremony

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