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Yip Chor Man (born 1963) is a District Judge. He read law at the University of Hong Kong, graduating with an LLB in 1986 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws in 1987, the year he was called to the Hong Kong Bar. He practised in private practice from 1988 to 1997. He joined the Judiciary in 1997 as a Magistrate, and on 28 September 2009 was appointed a District Judge, handling criminal and civil cases in the District Court. Judge Yip has tried a number of cases involving corruption by public officers and commercial crime. He has handled the corruption case arising from the Three-Runway System project at Hong Kong International Airport, dealing with the bribery and money-laundering charges against sub-contractors and a former senior Airport Authority manager, and making confiscation orders; he has also handled cases of conspiracy to accept advantages by public officers. The magistracy handles the great majority of criminal cases in Hong Kong and is the first tier of the criminal justice system, while the District Court deals with criminal cases of moderate seriousness and civil claims of moderate value. Moving from the Bar to the magistracy and then to the District Court bench, Judge Yip has experience at both levels and has served the Judiciary for more than two decades. Serving as a magistrate from 1997, he handled a large volume of criminal cases in the magistracy and became familiar with criminal trial procedure; appointed to the District Court bench in 2009, he has for many years dealt with cases involving corruption, commercial crime and serious criminal offences.