Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption
Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption,, KC, is a British author, medieval historian, former senior judge who sat on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2018, and a current Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal since 2019.
Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption
Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal is the final appellate court of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, upon the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, replacing the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the highest judicial institution under Hong Kong law. As defined in Articles 19 and 85 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong, the Court of Final Appeal "exercises judicial power in the Region independently and free from any interference." The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance and the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Rules set out the detailed functions and procedures of the court.
The Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong was housed in the Former French Mission Building until September 2015
Entrance of the Former French Mission Building
The Court of Final Appeal Building from Prince's Building
The Court of Final Appeal has been based at 8 Jackson Road since 7 Sept 2015; the building is the former home of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and the Supreme Court of Hong Kong