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The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:
The Judiciary today (February 29) announced the re-appointment of four incumbent Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court.
The re-appointment of Mr Jason Pow Wing-nin, SC; Ms Lisa Wong Kwok-ying, SC; Mr Russell Adam Coleman, SC; and Mr Anthony Kenneth Houghton, SC, will be for three years commencing on March 1, 2016 upon expiry of their current terms.
The re-appointments are made by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission.
The biographical notes of the Recorders 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 and has been in private practice since 1987. 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 has been appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court since 2013.
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 and Political Science in the United Kingdom 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 has been in private practice since 1989. She was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2006. She sat as 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 has been appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court since 2013.
Mr Russell Adam Coleman, SC
Mr Coleman, SC, was born in 1963 in the United Kingdom. He obtained LL.B. from the University of Wales in 1985 and completed the Bar Finals Examination of the Inns of Court School of Law in London, United Kingdom in 1986. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1986 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1991. He has been in private practice since 1986. 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 has been appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court since 2013.
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 of England and Wales in 1988 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1989. He has been in private practice since 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 has been appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court since 2013.
Ends/Monday, February 29, 2016
Issued at HKT 16:00
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