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    The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA) is the final appellate court of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, upon the establishment of the...
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    1631194 The Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong (commonly cited as "CA" or "HKCA") is the second most senior court in the Hong Kong legal system...
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    justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, sometimes informally known as the chief justice of Hong Kong, is the head of the Judiciary of Hong Kong and...
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    Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a part of the legal system of Hong Kong. It consists of the Court of Appeal and the Court of First...
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    Appeal, the High Court of Hong Kong (which includes the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance), the District Court, the Magistrates' Courts...
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    Appeal Building, also known as the Old Supreme Court Building, is the home of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. It housed the former Supreme Court...
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    The Supreme Court of Hong Kong was the highest court from 1976 to 1997 in British Hong Kong. It heard cases of first instance and appeals from the District...
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  • presidents of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong are senior justices of appeal who have been appointed by the chief judge of the High Court of Hong Kong to preside...
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  • Court of Appeal of the Four Free Cities In Hong Kong: Court of Appeal (Hong Kong) In Iceland: Court of Appeal (Iceland) In Ireland: Court of Appeal (Ireland)...
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    The Court of First Instance is the lower court of the High Court of Hong Kong, the upper court being the Court of Appeal. Formerly the High Court of Justice...
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  • 26 November: The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal rules against the Hong Kong Housing Authority and upholds rulings in lower courts allowing same-sex...
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    of the High Court of Hong Kong (CJHC) is the head of the High Court of Hong Kong and the President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong. In the Hong Kong...
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    sources of law, the primary ones being statutes enacted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and case law made by decisions of the courts of Hong Kong. Since...
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    Complex, Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and High Court of Hong Kong. Many financial institutes and banks such as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Monetary...
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  • Noel Power (category Justices of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong))
    appointed Vice-President of the Court of Appeal. From 1994 to 1997, he was also the chairman of the editorial board of the Hong Kong Law Reports. In 1996...
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    Andrew Cheung (category Chief justices of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong))
    is a Hong Kong judge who serves as the 3rd Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal. He previously served as a Permanent Judge of the same court. He...
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    Regional Flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China depicts a white stylised five-petal Hong Kong orchid tree...
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    An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is...
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  • Andrew Li (category Chief justices of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong))
    a retired Hong Kong judge, and a former Chief Justice of Hong Kong, who was the first to preside over the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, established...
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  • Roberto Ribeiro (judge) (category Justices of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong))
    Appeal in Hong Kong, and is the longest serving judge in that court. Born Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro, into a Portuguese-descent family in Hong Kong...
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    Kemal Bokhary (category Justices of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong))
    born 25 October 1947) is a judge in Hong Kong. He was one of three Permanent Judges of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal from its inception in 1997 until...
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    governor of Hong Kong was the representative of the British Crown in Hong Kong from 1843 to 1997. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive...
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    recourse of appealing to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom with appeals to the Court of Final Appeal. The Hong Kong national...
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  • justice of Hong Kong was, until 1997, the chief judge (Chinese: 首席按察司, later 首席大法官) of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and the most...
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    Magistrates' courts in Hong Kong have criminal jurisdiction over a wide range of offenses, and in general these offenses must only constitute two years'...
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    Former French Mission Building (category Declared monuments of Hong Kong)
    Government Hill at 1, Battery Path, Central, Hong Kong. It housed the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong from 1 July 1997 to 6 September 2015. The building...
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    Hong Kong is administratively divided into three Areas: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. In order of precedence, Hong Kong is divided...
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  • Permanent Judges of the Court of Final Appeal are full-time judges sitting on Hong Kong's final appellate court, the Court of Final Appeal. They are called...
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    The District Court is the intermediate court system in Hong Kong, having limited criminal and civil jurisdictions. The District Court was established in...
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    sent some of its justices to sit on Hong Kong's top court, the Court of Final Appeal. This practice was established when the Court of Final Appeal was first...
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