Judicial appointments
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The Judiciary today (January 31) announced the appointment of three Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. All appointments are made by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission.
Mr Eugene Fung Ting-sek, SC; Mr Charles Peter Manzoni, SC; and Ms Yvonne Cheng Wai-sum, SC, are newly appointed Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. Their appointments will be effective from February 1, 2018, for a term of three years.
The biographical notes of the three appointees are as follows:
Mr Eugene Fung Ting-sek, SC
Mr Fung, SC, was born in 1971 in Hong Kong. He obtained a Master of Law degree and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) in 1995 and 1997 respectively. He completed the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law in London, UK in 1996. He was called to the Bar in England and Wales (Lincoln's Inn) and in Hong Kong both in 1997. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2012. He has been in private practice since 1998. He was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Mr Charles Peter Manzoni, SC
Mr Manzoni, SC, was born in 1963 in the UK. He obtained a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol, UK, in 1984. He further obtained a Diploma in Law from the City University in London in 1986 and completed the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law in London, UK in 1988. He was called to the Bar in England and Wales (Middle Temple) and in Hong Kong in 1988 and 2000 respectively. He was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in the UK in 2009 and as Senior Counsel in Hong Kong in 2012. He has been in private practice since 1989. He was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2015 and 2016.
Ms Yvonne Cheng Wai-sum, SC
Ms Cheng, SC, was born in 1973 in Hong Kong. She obtained a Master of Arts (Jurisprudence) degree from the University of Oxford in the UK. She completed the Bar Finals Examination for England and Wales in 1996. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar and to the Bar in England and Wales (Gray's Inn) both in 1996. She was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2013. She has been in private practice since 1998. She was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2014 and 2015.
Ends/Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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