The Honourable Mr Justice
Frank Stock
GBS
Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
Assumed office
2010
Designated National Security Law Judge
Assumed office
2021
Appointed byCarrie Lam
Vice President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong
In office
2009–2014
Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong
In office
2000–2009
Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong
In office
1992–2000
Personal details
Born(1945-06-15)15 June 1945
Southern Rhodesia
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool

Frank Stock, GBS (Chinese: 司徒敬; born 15 June 1945) is a Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. He was until 2014 a Vice President of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal.

Early life and education

Born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Stock received his education in the United Kingdom. In 1967, he graduated from the University of Liverpool with a law degree.[1]

In 1968, Stock started his legal career as a barrister in England and Wales where he was in private practice for 10 years. He moved to Hong Kong in 1978 where he served in the Legal Department as a Crown Counsel. Within a year, he was promoted to Senior Crown Counsel, and by 1984, he was Principal Crown Counsel. Stock was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1984 and took silk in 1985.[2]

From 1987 to 1991 he was the Solicitor General. In 1991, he left the civil service.[3]

Judicial career

In 1991, Stock sat as a Deputy High Court Judge.[2]

In 1992, Stock was appointed as a full-time judge of the High Court of Justice of the Supreme Court (which became the Court of First Instance of the High Court on 1 July 1997). From 1993 to 1995, he was Chairman of the Insider Dealing Tribunal. He was Judge in charge of the Constitutional and Administrative Law List from 1999 to 2000.[2]

Stock was elevated to the Court of Appeal in October 2000.[2] He was appointed as Vice President of the Court of Appeal on 7 July 2009.[3][4]

He was appointed a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal in 2010.[5] From 2010 to 2014, he primarily sat in the Court of Appeal and heard a few cases in the Court of Final Appeal.

He retired from the Court of Appeal as a full-time judge in 2014, but remains a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal.[6][7]

In 2014, Stock was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Chief Executive.[8]

In May 2023, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) of the United States Congress suggested the United States government imposing sanctions on Stock to counter the erosion of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong over his handling of Jimmy Lai's national security law case.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Annex Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Government of Hong Kong. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Judicial Appointment". Government of Hong Kong. 3 October 2000. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Judicial Appointment". Government of Hong Kong. 25 June 2009.
  4. ↑ Moy, Patsy (11 May 2010). "Top judge slams 'shotgun' challenges". The Standard. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Senior Judicial Appointments: Non-Permanent Hong Kong Judges of the Court of Final Appeal". 8 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Speech by Secretary for Justice on Stock's retirement.
  7. ↑ "The Honourable Mr Justice Frank STOCK, GBS". Court of Final Appeal.
  8. ↑ "G.N.(E.) 22" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 22 Vol. 18 (Extraordinary), 1 July 2014)
  9. ↑ "ONE CITY, TWO LEGAL SYSTEMS: HONG KONG JUDGES' ROLE IN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW". Congressional-Executive Commission on China. 10 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "No bail should be granted to defendants charged under national security law, says prosecutor". The Standard. 1 February 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.