Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers has 5 reported Hong Kong decisions (2022–2024) in the HKCFA.
About Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers has 5 reported Hong Kong decisions (2022–2024). These were decided across HKCFA (5). By subject matter, the largest shares are Crimes Ordinance (2), Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance (1) and Criminal Procedure Ordinance (1). Of these, 5 sitting on the coram.
Source: derived from 5 published Hong Kong judgments, most recent decision . Published on HKLII.
On the judicial record
Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, was the inaugural President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2012, having earlier served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2005 to 2008 and as Master of the Rolls from 2000 to 2005. He was appointed a Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in March 2012. His reported Hong Kong record spans 2022 to 2024, concentrated in criminal law together with building management and owners' corporations and judicial review and immigration matters.
Reported decisions include MK V. DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID, heard at [2024] HKCFA 6 and [2024] HKCFA 17, DONORA COMPANY LIMITED V. THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF TSUEN KAM CENTRE (荃錦中心業主立案法團) [2024] HKCFA 3, and HKSAR V. CHAN KAM CHING, heard at [2022] HKCFA 7 (陳鑑清) and [2022] HKCFA 13.
Biography
Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers (born 21 January 1938) is a British former senior judge. Phillips was the inaugural President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, holding office between October 2009 and October 2012. He was the last Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and the first Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales to be head of the English judiciary when that function was transferred from the Lord Chancellor in April 2006. Before his chief justiceship, he was Master of the Rolls from 2000 to 2005. He sits as a crossbencher.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Career Highlights
- • He was educated at Bryanston School (where he was appointed a governor of the school in 1975, he has been chairman of its governors since 1981).
- • In 1973, he was appointed as Junior Counsel to the Ministry of Defence and to the Treasury in Maritime and Admiralty matters.
- • On 4 April 1978, he became Queen's Counsel.
- • In 1995, he became a Lord Justice of Appeal and was appointed to the Privy Council.
- • On 12 January 1999, he was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and created a Life Peer under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, of Belsize Park in the London Borough of Camden.
- • He served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2005 to 2008, when he was reappointed as a Law Lord.
- • Since 2008, Phillips was the Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary until he became the first president of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 1 October 2009.
- • Queen Elizabeth II elevated him as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter on 23 April 2011.
- • In March 2012, the Government of Hong Kong SAR appointed Phillips as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
- • He was also appointed the inaugural Distinguished Fellow and visiting professor of The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.
- • Phillips served as Chancellor of Bournemouth University from 2009 until 2018, being succeeded by broadcaster and author Kate Adie.
Education
- • received honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws (Hon
- • Master of the Rolls from 2000 to 2005
- • Bar at the Middle Temple, where he was a Harmsworth Scholar
- • Master of the Rolls on 6 June 2000
- • Doctor of Civil Law (Hon
- • College, Cambridge, where he read law
- • School of Law, King's College London
- • University (2010), and the International Institute of Maritime Law, and of Doctor of Civil Law (Hon
- • University, London (2003)
- • University from 2009 until 2018, being succeeded by broadcaster and author Kate Adie
How many cases has Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers decided?
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers has 5 reported Hong Kong decisions (2022–2024).
Which courts does Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers sit in?
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers sits in HKCFA (5).
What UK judicial roles did Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers hold?
Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, was the inaugural President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2012, having earlier served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2005 to 2008 and as Master of the Rolls from 2000 to 2005.
What matters has Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers heard in Hong Kong?
Appointed a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal in March 2012, his reported Hong Kong record spans 2022 to 2024 and includes MK V. DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID [2024] HKCFA 17 and HKSAR V. CHAN KAM CHING [2022] HKCFA 13.
Practice Areas (from the 39-area taxonomy)
Citation influence
4 of Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers's authored judgments have been cited by later Hong Kong judgments, 29 times in total, per HKLII citation records.