法官及司法人員 / Judge / judicial officer

林嘉欣

大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

區域法院法官(2012年起)

繁體中文

林嘉欣(Lam Ka-yan),香港區域法院法官。她先後於一九九七年在香港及英格蘭及威爾斯取得事務律師資格,一九九九年再於香港城市大學取得語言及法律文學碩士學位,其後長期以事務律師身分私人執業。加入司法機構後,她獲委任為裁判官;二○○八年的司法機構年報,已把她列為在職裁判官之一。二○一二年九月十七日,她轉任區域法院法官,並自同日起離開裁判法院的崗位,轉到區域法院審理案件。除區域法院的職務外,她亦曾以暫委身分在高等法院原訟法庭審案,協助分擔高等法院的案件量。 區域法院是香港的原訟法院之一,級別僅次於高等法院,負責處理中等金額的民事申索,以及除最嚴重罪行以外、可循公訴程序審理的刑事案件,法官的判刑上限一般為七年監禁。香港各級法院的法官由行政長官根據司法人員推薦委員會的獨立推薦而委任,任命以《基本法》為依據;《基本法》第八十八條規定,法官須由行政長官根據一個獨立委員會的推薦而委任,第九十二條則訂明法官應按司法及專業才能選用,並可從其他普通法適用地區聘用。 林嘉欣由私人執業律師出身,先後任職於裁判法院及區域法院,兼具初級法院與區域法院的審訊經驗,屬區域法院資歷較深的法官之一。區域法院的工作涵蓋範圍廣泛,由財物罪案、傷人案,到商業及土地糾紛,均可能由區域法院法官處理;長期在此任職的法官,往往要同時兼顧法律的準確性與審訊效率。她多年來在區域法院處理刑事及民事案件,司法機構年報亦一直把她列為在職的區域法院法官。

English

Lam Ka-yan is a judge of the District Court of Hong Kong. She qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong and in England and Wales in 1997, and in 1999 obtained a Master of Arts in Language and Law from the City University of Hong Kong, after which she practised as a solicitor. She later joined the Judiciary as a magistrate; the Judiciary's annual report for 2008 already listed her among serving magistrates. On 17 September 2012 she was appointed a District Judge, giving up her magistracy the previous day. She has also sat in the Court of First Instance of the High Court on a deputy basis. The District Court is the trial court immediately below the High Court. It deals with civil claims of moderate value and with the more serious criminal cases, and a District Judge's sentencing power is generally capped at seven years' imprisonment. Judges of the courts of the HKSAR are appointed by the Chief Executive on the independent recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission, under Article 88 of the Basic Law, while Article 92 provides that judges shall be chosen on the basis of their judicial and professional qualities and may be recruited from other common law jurisdictions. Coming from private practice as a solicitor and having served at both the magistracy and the District Court levels, Lam is one of the more senior members of the District Court bench. Her work spans the wide range of matters heard in the District Court, from offences against property and assault to commercial and land disputes.

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職業Occupation

法官

年期Active period

區域法院法官(2012年起)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1997

在香港及英格蘭及威爾斯取得事務律師資格

Qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong and in England and Wales

2012

獲委任為區域法院法官

Appointed a District Judge

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