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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1994
FIVE QUEEN'S COUNSEL APPOINTED
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THE CHIEF JUSTICE ANNOUNCED THAT THE QUEEN HAD APPOINTED ANTHONY R DICKS, MR WARREN CHAN CHEE-HOI, MR LAWRENCE LOK YING-KAM, MR MICHAEL V LUNN, AND MR NIGEL A C AIKEN HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL FOR HONG KONG.
THE APPOINTMENT IS TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND A CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN NO. 1 COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT AT 10 AM ON SATURDAY
(MAY 14) TO CALL WITHIN THE BAR THE FIVE NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.
THE COURT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE BENCH AT ALL LEVELS, WILL BE PRESIDED OVER BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG.
MR ANTHONY DICKS IS 58 YEARS OF AGE AND WAS CALLED TO THE INNER TEMPLE IN 1961. HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1965 AND WAS ENGAGED IN PRACTICE FROM 1967. HE WAS IN PART-TIME PRACTICE IN LONDON FROM 1968-1974 AND RETURNED TO FULL-TIME PRACTICE IN HONG KONG IN 1974.
HE ACQUIRED A BUSY LITIGATION PRACTICE, LARGELY
THE IN COMMERCIAL, ADMIRALTY AND COMPANY FIELDS. THROUGHOUT HIS PERIOD IN PRACTICE, HE HAS BEEN CONSULTED ON A VERY WIDE VARIETY OF ASPECTS OP CHINESE LAW, TRADITIONAL AND MODERN, SOMETIMES GIVING EXPERT EVIDENCE IN THE COURTS OF HONG KONG AND OTHER PLACES.
MR WARREN CHAN IS 40 YEARS OLD AND WAS CALLED TO THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1978 AND THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1983. HE STARTED WITH A GENERAL CIVIL PRACTICE AND GRADUALLY DEVELOPED INTO A PROPERTY AND COMMERCIAL PRACTICE. HE HAS OCCASIONALLY DONE SOME CRIMINAL WORK.
HE MEMBER OF HAS BEEN
1992.
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SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BAR COMMITTEE IN 1980/1981- AND THE CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION BOARD IN 1986/1987. A MEMBER OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS ADMISSION SINCE
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MR LAWRENCE LOK IS AGED 39 AND WAS CALLED TO THE HONG KONG BAR 1978.
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WORK HAS BEEN IN PRACTICE SINCE 1979 AND HIS
IS EXCLUSIVELY CONFINED TO CRIMINAL CASES.
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HE IS A MEMBER OF THE WORKING PARTY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION USE OF CHINESE IN MAGISTRATES COURTS (1989), AND A MEMBER OF THE
HE HAS SOCIETY LEGAL ADVICE AND DUTY LAWYER SCHEME (1989/1992). A MEMBER OF THE CRIMINAL LAW STANDING COMMITTEE SINCE 1990.
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MR MICHAEL LUNN IS 43 YEARS OF AGE AND WAS CALLED TO THE TEMPLE IN 1973 AND THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1981. HE WORKED IN THE DEPARTMENT FROM 1977 TO 1982. HIS WORK IS MOSTLY IN CRIMINAL DEALING WITH TRIALS IN THE MAGISTRACY, DISTRICT COURT AND THE COURT. EIGHTY-FIVE PER CENT OF THESE TRIALS ARE IN THE HIGH COURT.
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HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG BAR COUNCIL NOW A MEMBER OF THE WORKING PARTY ON MENTALLY PEOPLE GIVING EVIDENCE IN COURT.
SINCE
1992
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/MR NIGEL AIKEN