許家灝

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Hui Ka-ho (born 1963) is a Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court. He read law at the University of Hong Kong, graduating with an LLB in 1987 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws in 1988, the year he was called to the Hong Kong Bar. He practised in private practice from 1988 to 2000. He joined the Judiciary in 2000 as a Permanent Magistrate; the magistracy handles the great majority of criminal cases in Hong Kong and is the first tier of the criminal justice system. On 17 September 2012 he was appointed a District Judge, hearing civil and criminal cases in the District Court, and in 2024 he was appointed a Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court. A Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court assists the Registrar in the court's administrative and procedural business, including case management, listing and the operation of the Registry, as well as certain procedural judicial work, and is a key post supporting the day-to-day running of the High Court. Having progressed from the Bar to the magistracy, then to the District Court bench and on to judicial administration in the High Court, Mr Hui is familiar with the procedures and operations of different levels of court, and has served the Judiciary for more than two decades. After being called to the Bar he practised for twelve years, then moved to the magistracy, gaining frontline adjudication experience before his appointment to the District Court bench, where he handled more serious criminal and civil cases.