The Honourable Madam Justice
Susan Kwan Shuk-hing
VP
關淑馨
Vice President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court
Assumed office
2019
Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court
In office
2009–2019
Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
In office
2001–2009
Deputy Registrar of the High Court
In office
1999–2001
Personal details
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Macau
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong

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.

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Appointment of Vice-President of the Court of Appeal". Government of Hong Kong. 29 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Past Officers". Hong Kong Bar Association.
  3. ↑ "G.N. 2763" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 18, Vol. 5, 4 May 2001)
  4. ↑ "Judicial Appointment". Government of Hong Kong. 3 May 2002.
  5. ↑ "G.N. 6083" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 40, Vol. 13, 2 October 2009)
  6. ↑ "G.N. 2506" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 15, Vol. 23, 12 April 2019)
  7. ↑ "Company Law in Hong Kong: Insolvency, 2019". Sweet & Maxwell.
  8. ↑ "Company Law in Hong Kong: Practice and Procedure, 2019". Sweet & Maxwell.
  9. ↑ 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.
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