法官及司法人員 / Judge / judicial officer

鍾明新

大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

裁判官(2017年起)

繁體中文

鍾明新(CHUNG Ming-sun, May),一九七八年在香港出生,現任裁判官。她於一九九九年在美國加州大學柏克萊分校取得理學士學位,二○○五年完成英國曼徹斯特都會大學與香港大學專業進修學院合辦的法律專業共同試,二○○七年在香港大學取得法學專業證書。二○○八年,她在香港獲大律師資格,同年開始私人執業。 二○一七年九月,司法機構宣布委任她為常任裁判官,任命由行政長官根據司法人員推薦委員會的推薦作出,同月二十八日起生效。她其後曾以署理主任裁判官身分在觀塘裁判法院審理案件,包括二○二六年一宗科技大學前教授收受賄款、協助未達標學生入讀碩士課程的案件,指被告的行為破壞大學聲譽,判處被告監禁二十星期。截至二○二六年九月,她仍在司法機構的法官及司法人員名單之內,身分為裁判官。 鍾明新具備理科及法律的學術背景,由大律師轉任裁判官。裁判法院是香港刑事司法體系的第一層,處理香港絕大部分的刑事案件,裁判官審理簡易程序罪行,並負責可公訴罪行的交付審判程序,以及保釋、判刑和少年法庭等事宜。主任裁判官負責統籌所屬裁判法院的運作。裁判法院的審訊一般由一名裁判官單獨進行,不設陪審團,對判決不服可向高等法院原訟法庭提出上訴。

English

May Chung Ming-sun (CHUNG Ming-sun, May), born in Hong Kong in 1978, is a Magistrate. She obtained a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1999, completed the Common Professional Examination run by Manchester Metropolitan University with the University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education in 2005, and obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of Hong Kong in 2007. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2008 and began private practice the same year. In September 2017 she was appointed a Permanent Magistrate on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission, with effect from 28 September 2017. In 2026, sitting as an acting Principal Magistrate, she dealt with a case in which a former professor of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology had taken bribes to help a student who did not meet the requirements gain admission to a master's programme; she sentenced him to 20 weeks' imprisonment, saying his conduct had damaged the university's reputation. As at September 2026 she remained on the Judiciary's list. She moved from the Bar to the bench; a Principal Magistrate oversees the operation of the court, magistrates sit alone without a jury, and appeals lie to the Court of First Instance.

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裁判官

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裁判官(2017年起)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

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2017

獲委任為常任裁判官

Appointed a Permanent Magistrate

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