Johnson Lam

Johnson Lam Man-hon is the Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court (Hong Kong).[1]

Biography

Early life & education

Lam was born in Hong Kong in 1961. He obtained an LL.B. and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1983 and 1984 respectively. He was in the same class as Andrew Cheung,[2] who would later sit alongside him in the Court of Appeal as Chief Judge.

Judicial career

He was called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1984 and was in private practice since 1985 until he joined the Judiciary as District Judge in 2001.[3] He was appointed as Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2003 and Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court in 2012.[4] He was appointed Vice President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court in September 2, 2013.[5]

He is currently the Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, Chairman of the Judiciary’s Working Party on Mediation as well as the Member of the Steering Committee on Mediation and the Accreditation Sub-committee set up by the Secretary for Justice.

References

  1. ↑ "Membership List of the Court Users' Committees". 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Judicial Appointment". gov.hk.
  3. ↑ "Why Nina Wang gave HK$2b in cash if Chan was to get estate: judge". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hong Kong appoints 7 high court justices". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Judicial appointment". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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