繁體中文
林澤銘（Lam Chak-ming），香港裁判法院裁判官，一九七三年在香港出生。他一九九七年在加拿大艾伯塔省萊斯布里奇大學取得哲學文學士學位，二○○二年取得倫敦大學（校外）法學士學位，二○○三年在香港大學取得法學專業證書。他其後繼續深造，二○一二年及二○一九年在香港中文大學分別取得國際經濟法法學碩士學位及法律哲學博士學位。他二○○七年在香港獲事務律師資格，二○○七年至二○○九年期間私人執業，二○○九年至二○一五年在破產管理署擔任合約律師，二○一五年至二○一七年九月期間及自二○一八年起在司法機構擔任高等法院司法助理。
二○二○年四月二十日，林澤銘獲委任為常任裁判官，與周慧珠、翟國怡、楊綺娜、蕭志韻、龍軍庭、屈麗雯、余俊翔及施祖堯同日履新，任命由行政長官根據司法人員推薦委員會的推薦作出。他曾任高等法院司法助理，協助法官進行法律研究及草擬文件，對司法機構的運作及法院的工作流程已有認識；他亦是該批任命之中少數擁有法律博士學位、並曾在破產管理署任職的裁判官。
裁判法院是香港的初級刑事法院，處理絕大部分刑事案件，裁判官亦須處理保釋申請、簽發手令、小額申索及部分規管事宜，日常案件量龐大。由事務律師、政府部門合約律師到司法機構司法助理，再到裁判官，他的經歷涵蓋私人執業、公共機構及司法行政等不同崗位。截至二○二六年，林澤銘仍在裁判官名單之列。
English
Lam Chak-ming is a magistrate of the Magistrates' Courts of Hong Kong, born in Hong Kong in 1973. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, in 1997, an LL.B. (external) from the University of London in 2002 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of Hong Kong in 2003. He continued his studies, obtaining an LL.M. in International Economic Law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Laws from the same university in 2019. He qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2007, practised privately from 2007 to 2009, worked as a contract lawyer at the Official Receiver's Office from 2009 to 2015, and served as a Judicial Assistant of the High Court in the Judiciary from 2015 to September 2017 and again from 2018.
On 20 April 2020, Lam was appointed a Permanent Magistrate, taking office with Chau Wai-chu, Chak Kwok-yee, Yeung Yee-na, Siu Chi-wan, Lung Gwun-ting, Wat Lai-man, Yu Chun-cheung and Sze Cho-yiu; the appointment was made by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission. Having been a Judicial Assistant of the High Court, assisting judges with legal research and the drafting of documents, he was already familiar with the operation of the Judiciary and its workflow; he is also among the few of that batch holding a doctorate in law and having worked at the Official Receiver's Office.
The Magistrates' Courts are Hong Kong's court of first instance for criminal matters, dealing with the great majority of criminal cases; magistrates also handle bail applications, the issue of warrants, small claims and certain regulatory matters, and the daily caseload is heavy. From private practice as a solicitor, to contract lawyer in a government department, to Judicial Assistant and then magistrate, his career spans private practice, a public body and judicial administration. Lam remained on the list of serving magistrates as at 2026.
