關天敏

English

Thelma Kwan Tin-man (born 1963 in Hong Kong) is a District Judge. She obtained an LL.B., a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws and a Master of Laws from the University of Hong Kong in 1985, 1986 and 1994 respectively. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1986 and practised in private practice from 1987 to 1989. Between 1990 and 2013 she worked in the private banking and trust business, and from 2014 she again practised as a barrister. In 2020, 2021 and 2022 she served as a Deputy District Judge, and on 1 June 2022 she was appointed a District Judge on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission. Her career has been varied: after practising at the Bar she spent more than two decades in the private banking and trust business before returning to the law and taking up temporary judicial office. As a Deputy District Judge she became familiar with the trial procedures of the District Court, where civil claims generally range from HK$75,000 to HK$3 million and the maximum sentence is seven years' imprisonment and cases are tried by a single judge without a jury. Her experience spans private practice and the financial and trust sector.