TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1993
VICE-PRESIDENTS OF COURT OF APPEAL APPOINTED
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THE JUDICIARY
ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT MR JUSTICE KEMPSTER HAS BEEN APPOINTED VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF APPEAL, ON THE RETIREMENT OF SIR DEREK CONS. THE APPOINTMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT ON THURSDAY (MARCH 4).
MR JUSTICE POWER WILL ALSO BE APPOINTED VICE-PRESIDENT IN PLACE OF MR JUSTICE FUAD WHO STEPS DOWN FROM THE BENCH ON THE SAME DAY (THURSDAY).
WHEN MR JUSTICE KEMPSTER RETIRES LATER THIS YEAR, MR JUSTICE MACDOUGALL WILL TAKE HIS PLACE AS A VICE-PRESIDENT.
MR JUSTICE KEMPSTER WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN JUNE 1923 AND EDUCATED AT MILL HILL SCHOOL AND BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BY THE INNER TEMPLE IN 1949, BECAME A QUEEN'S COUNSEL IN 1969 AND A BENCHER IN 1977.
HE WAS APPOINTED AS A RECORDER (PART-TIME JUDGE) OF THE CROWN COURT IN 1972,
AND BETWEEN 1978 AND 1982, WAS FROM TIME TO TIME APPOINTED AS A DEPUTY JUDGE OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION OF THE HIGH COURT. HE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ON PRIVACY IN 1971.
HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A HIGH COURT JUDGE IN JANUARY 1982 AND WAS APPOINTED A JUSTICE OF APPEAL IN OCTOBER 1984.
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MR JUSTICE POWER WAS BORN IN BRISBANE,
AUSTRALIA IN DECEMBER
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RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND AND WAS CALLED TO THE BAR, AUSTRALIA IN 1955.
MR JUSTICE POWER WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN 1955 AND 1965. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1965. HE WAS A SENIOR MAGISTRATE BETWEEN 1969 AND 1976 AND WAS PRESIDENT OF LANDS TRIBUNAL IN 1976-1979. HE WAS APPOINTED A HIGH COURT JUDGE IN 1979 AND A JUSTICE OF APPEAL IN 1987.
MR JUSTICE MACDOUGALL WAS BORN IN MARCH 1932 AND RECEIVED HIS LL B DEGREE AT UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
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HE JOINED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG AS A CROWN COUNSEL 1965 AND WAS SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL BETWEEN 1968 AND 1973. HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1973 AND PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1977.
MR JUSTICE MACDOUGALL JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A HIGH COURT JUDGE IN 1980 AND WAS APPOINTED A JUSTICE OF APPEAL IN 1989.
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