Lord Collins of Mapesbury
Lord Collins of Mapesbury has 8 reported Hong Kong decisions (2020–2024) in the HKCFA.
About Lord Collins of Mapesbury
Lord Collins of Mapesbury has 8 reported Hong Kong decisions (2020–2024). These were decided across HKCFA (8). By subject matter, the largest shares are Sex Discrimination Ordinance (2), Securities and Futures Ordinance (2) and Rules of the High Court (2). Of these, 8 sitting on the coram.
Source: derived from 8 published Hong Kong judgments, most recent decision . Published on HKLII.
On the judicial record
Lawrence Antony Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury, sat as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, appointed on 11 April 2011 as a judge drawn from other common law jurisdictions; he resigned from the court on 6 June 2024 due to the political situation in Hong Kong. Before his judicial career he practised as a solicitor, becoming a partner at Herbert Smith in 1971 and later head of its Litigation and Arbitration Department from 1995 to 1998, before his appointment as a judge in 2000; he was the first solicitor appointed to the High Court direct from private practice. His reported Court of Final Appeal record runs from 2020 to 2024.
Reported matters before him include TAM SZE LEUNG AND OTHERS V. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, heard at [2024] HKCFA 8 and [2024] HKCFA 16, and HKSAR V. HUI LAI KI (許麗琪) [2024] HKCFA 7. Earlier reported decisions include EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ASSISTANCE FUND BOAR V. FONG CHAK KWAN [2022] HKCFA 12, SHANDONG CHENMING PAPER HOLDINGS LIMITED V. ARJOWIGGINS HKK 2 LIMITED [2022] HKCFA 11, LEUNG KWOK HUNG ALSO KNOWN AS "LONG HAIR" V. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (heard at [2020] HKCFA 37 and [2021] HKCFA 2), and EMINENT INVESTMENTS (ASIA PACIFIC) LIMITED V. DIO CORPORATION [2020] HKCFA 38.
Biography
Lawrence Antony Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury (born 7 May 1941) is a British judge and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He was also appointed to the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong on 11 April 2011 as a non-permanent judge from other common law jurisdictions. He resigned from the court on 6 June 2024 due to the political situation in Hong Kong. He was formerly a partner in the British law firm Herbert Smith. He is now a full time international arbitrator, Chair of Laws at UCL Faculty of Laws.
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Career Highlights
- • He was also appointed to the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong on 11 April 2011 as a non-permanent judge from other common law jurisdictions.
- • He served as head of the Litigation and Arbitration Department at Herbert Smith from 1995 to 1998.
- • He and Arthur Marriott were the two first practising solicitors ever to be appointed Queen's Counsel, on 27 March 1997.
- • He was the first solicitor to be appointed as a judge of the High Court direct from private practice, and only the second solicitor to be appointed, after Sir Michael Sachs in 1993, who had previously sat as a circuit judge for nine years.
- • He is the first solicitor to be appointed to these senior levels of the judiciary.
- • On 1 October 2009, he and nine other Lords of Appeal became Justices of the Supreme Court upon that body's inauguration.
- • He has been a fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, since 1975, became a fellow of the British Academy in 1994, and chair of laws at UCL Faculty of Laws since 2011.
- • He became a bencher of the Inner Temple in 2001.
Education
- • degree from Columbia Law School in New York City and was admitted as a solicitor in 1968, becoming a partner at Herbert Smith in 1971 until his appointment as a judge in 2000
- • College, Cambridge, graduating with a starred first in Law
- • College, Cambridge, since 1975, became a fellow of the British Academy in 1994, and chair of laws at UCL Faculty of Laws since 2011
- • Inner Temple in 2001
How many cases has Lord Collins of Mapesbury decided?
Lord Collins of Mapesbury has 8 reported Hong Kong decisions (2020–2024).
Which courts does Lord Collins of Mapesbury sit in?
Lord Collins of Mapesbury sits in HKCFA (8).
What role did Lord Collins of Mapesbury hold on the Court of Final Appeal?
He served as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, appointed 11 April 2011 from other common law jurisdictions, and resigned on 6 June 2024 due to the political situation in Hong Kong, after a reported record spanning 2020 to 2024.
What was Lord Collins of Mapesbury's background before becoming a judge?
He practised as a solicitor, becoming a partner at Herbert Smith in 1971 and heading its Litigation and Arbitration Department from 1995 to 1998, before his appointment as a judge in 2000 — the first solicitor appointed to the High Court direct from private practice.
What kinds of cases has Lord Collins of Mapesbury heard in Hong Kong?
His reported Court of Final Appeal matters span discrimination, securities and investments, and bankruptcy and insolvency, including TAM SZE LEUNG AND OTHERS V. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE [2024] HKCFA 16 and EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ASSISTANCE FUND BOAR V. FONG CHAK KWAN [2022] HKCFA 12.
Practice Areas (from the 39-area taxonomy)
Citation influence
8 of Lord Collins of Mapesbury's authored judgments have been cited by later Hong Kong judgments, 428 times in total, per HKLII citation records.