法官及司法人員 / Judge / judicial officer

陳慧敏

大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

裁判官(2009年起)

繁體中文

陳慧敏(Chan Wai-mun),香港裁判官,一九六八年在香港出生。她一九九六年在沃爾沃漢普敦大學取得法學士學位,翌年在香港城市大學取得法學專業證書,一九九九年在香港獲大律師資格。她一九九二年加入前律政署出任法庭檢控主任,二○○一年至二○○七年期間私人執業,二○○七年獲委任為特委裁判官。 二○○九年九月二十四日,司法機構宣布委任陳慧敏為裁判官,任命於同月二十八日起生效,與她同期獲委任為裁判官的還有黃國輝及周博芬。 特委裁判官主要處理較輕微的案件,例如定額罰款及交通違例事項,判罰款的上限受到限制;常任裁判官則處理更廣泛的刑事案件,包括提堂、保釋、審訊及判刑,並可決定把嚴重案件轉介上級法院。由特委裁判官晉升為常任裁判官,意味着審理的案件種類及所需承擔的責任均有所增加,裁判官亦須獨立處理案情較複雜的聆訊。 陳慧敏由律政署的法庭檢控主任轉為私人執業大律師,再循特委裁判官出任常任裁判官,兼具檢控與辯護兩方面的經驗。她其後長期在裁判法院任職,二○二六年曾以西九龍裁判法院裁判官身分審理案件,包括處理涉及非禮罪的提堂及保釋申請。 陳慧敏在法律界起步於律政署的法庭檢控主任,負責在法庭代表政府出庭檢控,其後轉為私人執業大律師,再循特委裁判官進入司法機構。這條路徑使她兼具檢控與辯護的實務經驗,在判斷證據及處理控辯爭議時,能從雙方的角度理解案情的爭點。她又長期在裁判法院任職,對基層刑事法院的運作相當熟悉。

English

Chan Wai-mun is a Magistrate of Hong Kong, born in Hong Kong in 1968. She obtained her LL.B. from the University of Wolverhampton in 1996 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the City University of Hong Kong the following year, and was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1999. She joined the former Attorney General's Chambers as a court prosecutor in 1992, was in private practice from 2001 to 2007, and was appointed a Special Magistrate in 2007. On 24 September 2009 the Judiciary announced her appointment as a Magistrate with effect from 28 September 2009, together with Wong Kwok-fai and Josephine Chow Pok-fun. Special Magistrates deal with relatively minor matters such as fixed penalty and traffic offences, subject to a statutory cap on the fines they may impose, while permanent magistrates handle a wider range of criminal cases, including mentions, bail, trials and sentencing, and may transfer serious cases to a higher court. Elevation from Special Magistrate to Magistrate brings a wider range of cases and greater responsibility, including hearings of a more complex nature. Moving from a prosecuting role in the Attorney General's Chambers to private practice at the Bar and then to the bench, Chan has experience on both the prosecution and the defence sides. She has since served in the magistracy for many years, and in 2026 sat as a magistrate at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, including dealing with mentions and bail in indecent assault cases.Chan began her legal career as a court prosecutor in the former Attorney General's Chambers, representing the government in court, before moving into private practice as a barrister and later entering the Judiciary as a Special Magistrate. That path gave her experience on both the prosecution and the defence sides, allowing her to understand the issues in dispute from both perspectives when assessing evidence and resolving contested points. She has also served in the magistracy for many years and is thoroughly familiar with the operation of the lower criminal courts.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

裁判官

年期Active period

裁判官(2009年起)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

2007

獲委任為特委裁判官

Appointed a Special Magistrate

2009

獲委任為裁判官

Appointed a Magistrate

同類人物 Same category

仲有 136 位同界別人物未列出;睇晒 法官及司法人員 全部名單 →

資料來源 Sources

← 返回人物目錄

↑