法官及司法人員 / Judge / judicial officer

高麗莎

大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

區域法院法官(2024年起)

繁體中文

高麗莎(Liza Jane Mary Cruden),香港區域法院法官。她一九六五年在新西蘭出生,一九八七年在新西蘭威靈頓維多利亞大學取得法學士學位,一九八八年在該國高等法院獲事務律師及大律師資格。一九八九年,她完成英國倫敦格雷律師學院的大律師公會期終考試,並在同一年於英格蘭及威爾斯取得大律師資格,隨後亦在香港取得大律師資格,一九九○年起私人執業。她先後於二○二○年、二○二一年、二○二三年及二○二四年期間獲委任為高等法院暫委副司法常務官及區域法院暫委法官,累積審判及司法行政經驗。 二○二四年七月八日,司法機構宣布委任高麗莎為區域法院法官,任命於翌日、即七月九日起生效;任命同樣由行政長官根據司法人員推薦委員會的推薦作出。她在新西蘭、英格蘭及威爾斯以及香港均具執業資格,其背景亦說明香港司法機構可按《基本法》第九十二條從其他普通法適用地區聘用法律人才。 區域法院處理款額中等的民事申索及較嚴重的刑事案件,法官判刑上限一般為七年監禁,法院可視乎情況以中文或英文審訊,並由法官獨自審理,不設陪審團。高麗莎由私人執業及暫委司法工作轉為實任區域法院法官,其跨司法管轄區的執業經驗,在處理涉及不同法律背景或外地元素的案件時別具參考價值;她熟悉新西蘭及英國的普通法傳統,亦有助理解區域法院常見的商業及跨境爭議。 區域法院法官亦可按需要獲派往其他審裁處或法庭,例如土地審裁處、家事法庭等,並可能以暫委身分在上級法院審案。高麗莎在正式任命前已多次出任暫委副司法常務官,對高等法院的司法行政程序亦有一定認識;這類暫委經驗,是司法機構物色和評核法官人選的常見途徑之一。

English

Liza Jane Mary Cruden, known in Chinese as Ko Lai-sha, is a District Judge of Hong Kong. She was born in New Zealand in 1965 and obtained her LL.B. from Victoria University of Wellington in 1987; in 1988 she was admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the High Court of New Zealand. In 1989 she completed the Bar Finals of Gray's Inn in London and was called to the Bar in England and Wales, and in the same year she was called to the Hong Kong Bar. She was in private practice from 1990. She was appointed a Deputy Registrar of the High Court and a Deputy District Judge in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024. On 8 July 2024 the Judiciary announced her appointment as a District Judge with effect from 9 July 2024. The appointment was made by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission. Her qualifications in New Zealand, England and Wales and Hong Kong illustrate the recruitment of legal talent from other common law jurisdictions permitted by Article 92 of the Basic Law. The District Court hears civil claims of moderate value and the more serious criminal cases, and a District Judge's sentencing power is generally capped at seven years' imprisonment; cases may be conducted in Chinese or English and are heard by a judge sitting without a jury. Coming from private practice and prior deputy service, Cruden brings a cross-jurisdictional perspective to her work on the bench, and her familiarity with the New Zealand and English common law traditions is relevant to the commercial and cross-border disputes often heard in the District Court.District Judges may also be deployed to other tribunals or courts, including the Lands Tribunal and the Family Court, and may sit in the higher courts on a deputy basis. Before her substantive appointment Cruden had already served repeatedly as a Deputy Registrar of the High Court, which gave her knowledge of the High Court's judicial administration; such deputy service is a common route by which the Judiciary assesses candidates for substantive appointment.

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區域法院法官

年期Active period

區域法院法官(2024年起)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1989

在英格蘭及威爾斯及香港取得大律師資格

Called to the Bar in England and Wales and in Hong Kong

2024

獲委任為區域法院法官

Appointed a District Judge

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