葉樹培

English

Lawrence Yip Sue-pui (born 1969 in Hong Kong) is a District Judge. He obtained an LL.B. and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the City University of Hong Kong in 1993 and 1994 respectively, and was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1994. He practised in private practice from 1995. On 1 December 2009 he was appointed a Magistrate, hearing cases in the magistracy, and on 12 April 2024 he was appointed a District Judge on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission. Moving from the Bar to the magistracy and then to the District Court bench, Judge Yip gained frontline adjudication experience in the magistracy before joining the District Court. He studied law at the City University of Hong Kong and practised in private practice for many years before joining the Judiciary, serving as a Permanent Magistrate from 2009 and mainly hearing criminal cases. In 2024 he was appointed a District Judge on the same day as Principal Magistrate Ada Yim. The magistracy handles the great majority of criminal cases in Hong Kong and is the first tier of the criminal justice system, while in the District Court civil claims generally range from HK$75,000 to HK$3 million and the maximum sentence is seven years' imprisonment.