FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1981
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THREE JUSTICES OF APPEAL APPOINTED
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THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE JUDGES OF THE HIGH COURT TO BE JUSTICES OF APPEAL. THEY ARE MR JUSTICE ZIMMERN, MR JUSTICE SILKE AND MR JUSTICE BARKER,
THE IR APPOINTMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 28).
MR JUSTICE ZIMMERN WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN 1917 AND EDUCATED AT THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BY THE INNER TEMPLE IN 1958 AND ADMITTED TO THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1959. HE TOOK SILK IN 1973.
HE WAS APPOINTED JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT IN 1977, MARKING THE FIRST APPOINTMENT FROM THE BAR TO THE HIGH COURT.
MR JUSTICE SILKE WAS BORN IN IRELAND IN 1929. HE WAS EDUCATED AT XAVIER SCHOOL, DUBLIN, AND DUBLIN UNIVERSITY, HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN DUBLIN IN 1955. HE THEN SERVED AS A MAGISTRATE IN NORTH BORNEO AND AS A PUISNE JUDGE OF THE MALAYSIAN JUDICIARY.
HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1969. WAS PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT OF THE TENANCY TRIBUNAL IN 1971 AND WAS MADE PRESIDENT OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL IN 1974. HE WAS APPOINTED A DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1975 AND JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT IN 1979.
MR JUSTICE BARKER WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1926. HE WAS EDUCATED AT NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL AND QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR OF MIDDLE TEMPLE IN 1950 AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
BETWEEN 1963 AND 1971, HE WAS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE BUCK INGHAMSHIRE QUARTER SESSION. SINCE 1972 HE HAS BEEN A RECORDER OF THE CROWN COURT. HE TOOK SILK IN 1968 AND BECAME A BENCHER OF HIS INN IN 1975.
HE WAS APPOINTED JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT IN HONG KONG IN 1979.
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