Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
The chief justice of Hong Kong was, until 1997, the chief judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and the most senior judge in the court system.
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Supreme Court (Hong Kong)
The Supreme Court of Hong Kong was the highest court in Hong Kong prior to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China in 1997 and heard cases of first instance and appeals from the District and Magisrates Courts as well as certain tribunals. The Supreme Court was from 1976 made up of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal.
The "old Supreme Court Building" facing Statue Square in 1915.
Former French Mission Building, used by the Supreme Court from 1980 to 1983 and later by the Court of Final Appeal from 1997 to 2015.
Entrance of the High Court in Admiralty.