The Court of Final Appeal (終審法院) is the court with the final adjudication power on laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China . The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

The Court of Appeal deals with appeals on all civil and criminal cases from the Court of First Instance and the District Courts in Hong Kong. It also hears appeals from the Lands Tribunal and the Tribunals and Statutory Bodies. In the common law, civil law refers to the area of law governing relations between private individuals. ... Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of common law that punishes criminals for committing offences against the state. ... The Court of First Instance is one of two courts in the High Court structure in Hong Kong. ... The District Courts are the lower court system in Hong Kong, have both criminal and civil jurisdictions. ...

The Court of Final Appeal in Central

In the Hong Kong SAR, the power of final adjudication (court of last resort) on the Hong Kong law which was vested with the Privy Council during the British colonial administration is now vested in the Court of Final Appeal following Hong Kong's handover to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Image File history File links This image is protected by the Hong Kong interpretation of the British Crown copyright. ... Image File history File links This image is protected by the Hong Kong interpretation of the British Crown copyright. ... A court of final appeal is the court with the final adjudication power on the local laws in a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: 中環; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Under the Basic Law, the constitutional document of Hong Kong, the region remains a common law jurisdiction. Consequently, judges from other common law jurisdictions (including England and Wales) can be recruited and continue to serve in the judiciary according to Article 92 of the Basic Law. The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China serves as the constitutional document of Hong Kong. ... This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ...

On the other hand, the power of interpretation of the Basic Law itself, being part of the national law, is vested in the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China (NPCSC) in accordance with Article 158 of the Basic Law. However, the same Article delegates such power to the courts of Hong Kong for interpretation while handling court cases. Although this arrangement has attracted criticism of "undermining judicial independence", it must be noted that issuing an interpretation does not affect any court judgments already passed. The courts' power of interpretation is necessary for any judicial activities to be carried out. A controversy on the power of interpretation has arisen in the right of abode issue in 1999. The Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress (NPCSC; Chinese: 全国人民代表大会常务委员会, pinyin: Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì Chángwù Wěiyuánhuì) is a committee of about 150 members of the National Peoples Congress (NPC) of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), which is convened between plenary sessions of the NPC... The interior of an old BDTC passport that has been stamped to indicate that the bearer has the right of abode in Hong Kong. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

The court is located in the Former French Mission Building, in Central. There are plans to move it to the present Legislative Council building, as it was originally designed to be a lawcourt and has once been the location of the colonial Supreme Court. The Former French Mission Building is a declared monuments of Hong Kong. ... The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: 中環; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ...

List of judges

• Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal
  • The Hon Mr Justice Andrew Li Kwok-nang

• Permanent Judges of the Court of Final Appeal
  • The Hon Mr Justice Bokhary
  • The Hon Mr Justice Chan
  • The Hon Mr Justice Ribeiro

• Non-Permanent Judges of the Court of Final Appeal
  • Sir Derek Cons - President of the Court of Appeals of Brunei
  • Mr William James Silke
  • Mr Kutlu Tekin Fuad - Appellate Court of Brunei
  • Hon Mr Philip Gerard Clough
  • Sir Noel Plunkett Power, GBS
  • Hon Mr Gerald Paul Nazareth, GBS - Justice of the Court of Appeal of Bermuda
  • The Hon Mr John Barry Mortimer, GBS QC
  • The Hon Mr Henry Denis Litton, GBM
  • The Hon Sir Anthony Mason - former Chief Justice, High Court of Australia
  • The Rt Hon the Lord Cooke of Thorndon
  • The Rt Hon the Lord Hoffmann of Chedworth - Law Lord (UK), Court of Appeal; director of the Amnesty International Charity Ltd
  • The Hon Sir Gerard Brennan - former Chief Justice, High Court of Australia
  • The Rt Hon Sir Thomas Eichelbaum GBE - former Chief Justice of New Zealand
  • The Rt Hon the Lord Millett - Law Lord and formerly of the Court of Ordinary Appeals (UK)
  • The Rt Hon the Lord Woolf of Barnes (Harry Kenneth Woolf) - Master of the Rolls of the Royal Courts of Justice and President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (UK)
  • The Rt Hon the Lord Scott of Foscote - Law Lord (UK) and Court of Ordinary of Appeals (UK)
  • The Rt Hon Sir Ivor Richardson - former Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington, a former Dean and Professor of Law; has since returned to NZ as Distinguished Fellow at the Law School at the University of Wellington

Andrew Li Kwok-nang (李國能) (b. ... Syed Kemal Shah Bokhary (b. ... Robert Ribeiro (born 1949) is a judge in Hong Kong, and honorary lecturer in law at the University of Hong Kong Born Roberto Alexandre Veira Ribeiro into a middle class multi-racial (Chinese-Portuguese) family in Hong Kong, he received his elementary and secondary education in Hong Kong. ... Sir Noel Plunkett Power is a semi-retired senior judge in Hong Kong. ... Henry Litton OBE, GBM (b. ... This page is about the Australian Chief Justice. ... Robin Brunskill Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, ONZ, KBE, PC, is a member of the British House of Lords. ... Leonard Hubert Hoffmann, Lord Hoffmann of Chedworth (born 1934 in Muizenberg, near Cape Town, South Africa) is a senior British Judge, serving as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. ... Sir Gerard Brennan, was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, on 22 May 1928. ... The Rth Hon Sir Thomas Eichelbaum GBE QC Born 1931 Konigsberg, Germany. ...

See also

• Supreme Court of Hong Kong
• Charles Ching
• Judiciary of Hong Kong

The Supreme Court was the highest court in Hong Kong prior to the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China in 1997 and heard cases passed on from the lower courts. ... Charles Ching (沈澄, 1935 - 2000) was a judge in Hong Kong. ... The Judiciary of Hong Kong is responsible for the administration of justice in Hong Kong. ...

External links

• http://www.judiciary.gov.hk/en/crt_services/pphlt/html/cfa.htm
• http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/hongkong.htm
• details of the High Court from the Judiciary