鄺嘉彤

English

Alan Kwong Ka-tung (born 1981 in Hong Kong) is a District Judge. He obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong in 2004, an LL.B. and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the same university in 2005 and 2006 respectively, and a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom in 2007. He was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2008 and began private practice the same year. In 2021, 2023 and 2024 he served as a Deputy Registrar of the High Court and a Deputy District Judge, and on 5 June 2024 he was appointed a District Judge on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission. Having studied both social sciences and law at the University of Hong Kong and obtained a master's degree in law from Cambridge, he moved from the Bar to temporary judicial service as a Deputy Registrar of the High Court and a Deputy District Judge, becoming familiar with the judicial administration of the High Court and the trial procedures of the District Court. After his appointment as a District Judge he has also sat as a Deputy High Court Judge hearing civil cases, including appeals concerning the enforcement of foreign commercial judgments and major loan disputes, giving him experience in cross-border and commercial litigation. In the District Court, civil claims generally range from HK$75,000 to HK$3 million and a District Judge may impose a maximum of seven years' imprisonment.