法官及司法人員 / Judge / judicial officer
法官及司法人員
張澤祐
大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。
高等法院上訴法庭法官(2001年起)
繁體中文
張澤祐(Peter Cheung Chak-yau),1952年生於香港,早年就讀聖若瑟書院。1975年,他在香港大學取得法學士學位,1976年負笈英國入讀法律學院,1977年在倫敦大學取得法學碩士學位,並先後於1976年及1977年在英國林肯律師學院及香港取得大律師資格;1989年,他取得加拿大卑詩省大律師及律師資格,可見其法律資歷橫跨多個普通法地區。他自1977年起私人執業,1990年獲司法機構委任為暫委區域法院法官,1991年獲委任為區域法院法官,1994年升任高等法院法官。2001年7月23日,他獲委任為高等法院上訴法庭法官,此後長期在上訴法庭任職,至2025年已服務逾二十年,是上訴庭內年資最深的成員之一。2008年3月,他與袁家寧及林文瀚兩位法官一同審理一宗離婚上訴(DD v LKW,CACV 91/2007),裁定離婚後的財產分配應以「公平」及「平均分配」為起點,取代以往以「合理需要」為準的做法;該案其後於2010年獲終審法院在LKW v DD案中確認,成為香港家事法的重要指引。他多年來審理大量民事及刑事上訴,涵蓋人身傷亡、合約、土地及家事等範疇。2023年,他與袁家寧及區慶祥兩位法官一同審理一宗關於同性婚姻伴侶繼承權的司法覆核上訴,裁定有關伴侶可依《無遺囑者遺產條例》及《財產繼承(供養遺屬及受養人)條例》享有繼承權。他見證本地司法制度回歸前後的發展,是上訴庭的資深成員。
English
Peter Cheung Chak-yau was born in Hong Kong in 1952 and educated at St Joseph's College. He took an LLB at the University of Hong Kong in 1975, studied at the Inns of Court School of Law in England in 1976 and obtained an LLM from the University of London in 1977, being called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1976 and in Hong Kong in 1977; in 1989 he was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in British Columbia, Canada. In practice from 1977, he was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1990, a District Judge in 1991 and a High Court judge in 1994. On 23 July 2001 he became a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, where he has served for more than two decades, hearing many civil and criminal appeals. In 2023 he sat with Mr Justice Yuen and Mr Justice Au in a judicial review appeal concerning the inheritance rights of same-sex married partners, the court holding that such partners could claim under the Intestates' Estates Ordinance and the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Ordinance.