Anthony Chan

On the judicial record

Anthony Chan serves as a Justice of Appeal of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal. Career highlights on file for this profile include appointment as a District Judge in 2007, appointment as a High Court Judge in 2012, service as a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court from August 2012, and appointment in 2015 as Chairman of the Inquiry into the incidents of excess lead found in drinking water. Educational background on file includes a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Bradford (1984) and an LLB from the University of London External System (1989), with calls to the Bar in England at Gray's Inn and in Hong Kong.

In the reported record covering 2024 to 2026, Anthony Chan sits primarily in the Court of Appeal, hearing matters concerning judicial review and immigration, bankruptcy and insolvency, and contract and commercial disputes, including a series of non-refoulement appeals such as Muhammad Adnan v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 1143, Ranjeet Singh v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 1160, and Amin Muhammad v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2026] HKCA 1161. Other reported matters include Koo Ming Kown v. The Baptist Convention Of Hong Kong And Others [2026] HKCA 1098 and Yolmo Deechen Lamu v. Director Of Immigration [2026] HKCA 1079.