Susan Kwan Shuk-hing (Chinese: 關淑馨; born 1954) is a Hong Kong judge. She has served as a Vice President of the Court of Appeal since April 2019.
Legal and judicial career
Kwan received an LLB in 1977 and a PCLL in 1978 from the University of Hong Kong. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1979 and was a barrister in private practice until 1999.[1] She was Honorary Secretary of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 1996 to 1999.[2]
In 1999, Kwan was appointed as Deputy Registrar of the High Court. In 2001, she was appointed as a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court.[3][1] In 2002, she was appointed as the Judge in charge of the Companies and Bankruptcy List.[4]
In 2009, Kwan was elevated to the Court of Appeal.[5] In 2019, she was the first woman to be appointed as Vice President of the Court of Appeal.[6][1]
Kwan is Editor-in-Chief of Company Law in Hong Kong: Insolvency and Company Law in Hong Kong: Practice and Procedure.[7][8]
In October 2022, Kwan was part of a team of 3 judges who ruled against Jimmy Lai and said that "despite its importance to the freedom of the press, the protection afforded to journalistic material is not absolute."[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Appointment of Vice-President of the Court of Appeal". Government of Hong Kong. 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Past Officers". Hong Kong Bar Association.
- ^ "G.N. 2763" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 18, Vol. 5, 4 May 2001)
- ^ "Judicial Appointment". Government of Hong Kong. 3 May 2002.
- ^ "G.N. 6083" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 40, Vol. 13, 2 October 2009)
- ^ "G.N. 2506" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 15, Vol. 23, 12 April 2019)
- ^ "Company Law in Hong Kong: Insolvency, 2019". Sweet & Maxwell.
- ^ "Company Law in Hong Kong: Practice and Procedure, 2019". Sweet & Maxwell.
- ^ Chau, Candice (2022-10-19). "National security: Hong Kong court allows police to search journalistic materials stored on Jimmy Lai's phones". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2022-10-19.