黃敬華

English

Wong King-wah (born 1960) is the Registrar of the Court of Final Appeal and concurrently a Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court. He obtained an LLB from the University of London in 1990 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of Hong Kong in 1991. Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1993 and in England and Wales in 1997, he practised in private practice from 1993 to 2001. He joined the Judiciary in 2001 as a Permanent Magistrate, and in 2009 was appointed a District Judge, handling civil and criminal cases in the District Court. On 1 June 2023 he was appointed Registrar of the Court of Final Appeal, concurrently serving as a Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court. The Registrar of the Court of Final Appeal heads the court's Registry, responsible for the filing, listing and administration of cases and for the day-to-day running of the court, a key judicial administration post; the concurrent appointment as a Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court involves the Registry and procedural business of the High Court. The Court of Final Appeal is the highest appellate court in Hong Kong, and the Registrar's role is essential to the court's operation. Having moved from private practice as a solicitor to the magistracy, and then from the District Court bench to judicial administration, Mr Wong combines judicial and administrative experience and has served the Judiciary for more than two decades. Holding both Hong Kong and England and Wales solicitor qualifications, he handled a range of legal work in private practice before joining the Judiciary, gaining frontline adjudication experience as a magistrate and later advancing to the District Court bench and to judicial administration.