Hong Kong: Judges
(asked on 23rd January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many UK citizens are working as judges in Hong Kong.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 6th February 2023
The Government does not hold data on the number of UK citizens working as judges in Hong Kong.
The decision to withdraw serving UK judges from Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal (CFA) was made by the President of the UK Supreme Court in March 2022.
We are aware that 6 retired UK judges remain as non-permanent judges on the CFA. As private citizens, it is for the individual legal practitioners to decide on their service overseas; the UK judiciary and legal profession are independent from the Government.