Judicial appointments
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The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:

     The Judiciary today (February 28) announced the appointment of four Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court.

     Mr Jason Pow Wing-nin, SC; Ms Lisa Wong Kwok-ying, SC; Mr Russell Adam Coleman, SC; and Mr Anthony Kenneth Houghton, SC, are newly appointed Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. Their appointments will be effective from March 1, 2013, for a term of three years.

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

     The biographical notes of the four appointees are as follows:

Mr Jason Pow Wing-nin, SC

     Mr Pow, SC, was born in 1962 in Hong Kong. He obtained LL.B. and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1985 and 1986 respectively. He was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1986. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2005. He was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2011 and 2012. He is currently in private practice.

Ms Lisa Wong Kwok-ying, SC

     Ms Wong, SC, was born in 1964 in Hong Kong. She obtained LL.B. and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1986 and 1987 respectively. She further acquired LL.M. from the London School of Economics, University of London, in 1988. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1988 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1995. She was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2006. She sat as a Temporary Deputy Registrar, High Court, for periods in 2002 and 2003. She was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013. She is currently in private practice.

Mr Russell Adam Coleman, SC

     Mr Coleman, SC, was born in 1963 in the United Kingdom. He obtained LL.B. from the University College Cardiff, University of Wales, in 1985 and completed the Bar Finals Examination of Inns of Court School of Law in London in 1986. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1986 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1991. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2006. He was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2010, 2011 and 2012. He is currently in private practice.

Mr Anthony Kenneth Houghton, SC

     Mr Houghton, SC, was born in 1954 in the United Kingdom. He obtained LL.B. from the University of London in 1987. He was called to the Bar in England and Wales in 1988 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1989. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2008. He was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2011 and 2012. He is currently in private practice.

Ends/Thursday, February 28, 2013
Issued at HKT 16:00

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