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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1981

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NEW HIGH COURT JUDGES AND DISTRICT JUDGES

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THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR NOEL BARRY HOOPER, MR BRIAN LESLIE JONES AND MR MILES HENRY JACKSON-LIPKIN, Q.C., AS JUDGES OF THE HIGH COURT.

BOTH MR HOOPER AND MR JONES ARE DISTRICT JUDGES AND HAVE SAT AS COMMISSIONERS OF THE HIGH COURT. MR JACKSON-LIPKIN IS A PRACTISING BARRISTER.

MR HOOPER WAS BORN IN COLOMBO IN 1931. HE WAS EDUCATED IN ENGLAND AND GRADUATED FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN 1954. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN ENGLAND IN 1956.

HE SERVED AS A MAGISTRATE IN BASUTOLAND BEFORE JOINING THE JUDICIARY IN HONG KONG AS MAGISTRATE IN 1964. HE WAS PROMOTED SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN 1968 AND PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE IN 1973. IN 1976 HE WAS APPOINTED DISTRICT JUDGE.

MR JONES WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1930 AND WAS EDUCATED AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY. HE QUALIFIED AS

HE QUALIFIED AS A SOLICITOR IN ENGLAND IN 1956 AND WAS LATER CALLED TO THE BAR IN AUSTRALIA IN 1968.

HE WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AS A SOLICITOR IN ENGLAND FROM 1956 TO 1964.

HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT IN HONG KONG IN 1964. IN 1968 HE WENT TO AUSTRALIA WHERE HE WORKED IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS FOR A YEAR.

HE REJOINED THE JUDICIARY IN HONG KONG AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1969. HE WAS THEN APPOINTED ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT IN 1970 AND DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1977.

MR JACKSON-LIPKIN WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1924. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HARROW AND TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD AND WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN LONDON IN 1951 AND ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN HONG KONG IN 1963. HE WAS APPOINTED QUEEN'S COUNSEL IN 1974.

FIVE SERVING MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY HAVE ALSO BEEN APPOINTED AS DISTRICT JUDGES WITH EFFECT FROM MAY 25, 1981.

THEY ARE MR MICHAEL WILLIAM MCGLADDERY CHISM, MR TERRENCE JAMES RYAN, MR ROSS STANLEY SANDERS, MR DAVID JOHN LEONARD AND MR ANTHONY GEORGE THURLOW WANE.

MR CHISM WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1931. HE WAS ADMITTED AS A SOLICITOR IN 1955.

HE PRACTISED AS SOLICITOR IN ENGLAND UNTIL HE JOINED THE JUDICIARY IN HONG KONG AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1977. HE WAS APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT IN 1980 AND HAS SAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AS DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE.

MR RYAN WAS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1934. HE WAS EDUCATED AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON AND WAS ADMITTED AS A SOLICITOR

IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1958 AND AS A BARRISTER IN 1959.

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