Robert Ribeiro

The Hon Mr Justice Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro (李義)
Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office 2000
Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court
In office 2000–2000
Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
In office 2000–1999
Recorder of the High Court
In office 1997–1999
Appointed by	Tung Chee Hwa
Personal details
Born	1949  Hong Kong
Alma mater	London School of Economics

Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro (Chinese: 李義, born 1949) is a Hong Kong judge and honorary lecturer in law at the University of Hong Kong. He is currently serving one of the three permanent judges for the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong.^[1]

Early life and education

Born Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro, into a Portuguese-descent family in Hong Kong, he received his elementary and secondary education in Hong Kong. He studied in La Salle College.

Upon graduating with honours from the London School of Economics (LL.B. 1971, LL.M. 1972), Ribeiro returned to Hong Kong, and joined the faculty of law of the University of Hong Kong as a lecturer in 1972.

Legal career

After seven years of academic life, Ribeiro entered into private practice in 1979, and quickly established himself as an expert in admiralty and maritime law. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1990, and is a patron of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal.

Judicial career

In 1997, Ribeiro was appointed as a Recorder (part-time judge) of the High Court.

Ribeiro quickly rose through the ranks, and was appointed Judge of the High Court in 1999, promoted to the Court of Appeal (High Court) as a Justice of Appeal in 2000, and a Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal the same year.^[2]

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