S. Lo
S. Lo has 27 reported Hong Kong decisions (2024–2026) in the HKFC.
About S. Lo
S. Lo has 27 reported Hong Kong decisions (2024–2026). These were decided across HKFC (27). By subject matter, the largest shares are Guardianship of Minors Ordinance (3), Matrimonial Causes Ordinance (1) and Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance (1). Of these, 27 sitting on the coram.
Source: derived from 27 published Hong Kong judgments, most recent decision . Published on HKLII.
On the judicial record
S. Lo sits as District Judge in the Family Court, where the reported record concerns family and divorce matters together with children, custody and adoption. Lo presided over H, RS v. X, Y, reported across [2025] HKFC 113, [2025] HKFC 103, [2026] HKFC 68, [2026] HKFC 69, [2026] HKFC 80, and [2026] HKFC 81, and over CYMY v. YKKE, reported at [2025] HKFC 97 and [2025] HKFC 190.
Further matters presided over by Lo include TY v. PTF [2026] HKFC 50, AA v. WSC [2026] HKFC 17, NC v. PHM [2025] HKFC 201, L W S v. T M L T [2025] HKFC 183, PFX v. XKJ [2025] HKFC 154, ALDL v. FTFC and Another [2025] HKFC 125, and HYF v. CSL [2025] HKFC 38, reported between 2024 and 2026.
Biography
Simon Li Fook-sean (Chinese: 李福善; 19 April 1922 – 26 February 2013) was a Hong Kong senior judge and politician.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Career Highlights
- • He returned to Hong Kong and became a crown counsel in Hong Kong's Legal Department in 1953.
- • He became a District Court judge in 1963.
- • Li was the first Chinese judge to be appointed to the High Court in 1971 and was elevated to Justice of Appeal in 1980.
- • He was the first Chinese to be appointed Vice-President of the Court of Appeal in 1984.
- • In 1986 he became the first Hong Kong Chinese to act as Chief Justice for the then Chief Justice Denys Roberts.
- • He subsequently was appointed by the Beijing government to many positions during the transition period.
- • After Lo withdrew, Li announced his own candidacy and became the last of the four to join the race.
Education
- • studied law at University College London from 1947 to 1950 and was called to Lincoln's Inn Bar in London in 1951
- • Doctor of Laws honoris causa by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1986
- • Bar Association and member of the Civic Party
- • College between 1937 and 1941 and then the University of Hong Kong
- • College Old Boys' Association School Board, director of Rev
How many cases has S. Lo decided?
S. Lo has 27 reported Hong Kong decisions (2024–2026).
Which courts does S. Lo sit in?
S. Lo sits in HKFC (27).
What kind of matters has District Judge S. Lo presided over?
District Judge S. Lo's reported record in the Family Court concerns family and divorce matters together with children, custody and adoption, including the H, RS v. X, Y proceedings and CYMY v. YKKE, reported at [2025] HKFC 97 and [2025] HKFC 190.
Over what period does S. Lo's reported Family Court record run?
S. Lo's reported Family Court record runs from 2024 to 2026, spanning matters such as HYF v. CSL [2025] HKFC 38, ALDL v. FTFC and Another [2025] HKFC 125, and TY v. PTF [2026] HKFC 50.
Practice Areas (from the 39-area taxonomy)
Citation influence
9 of S. Lo's authored judgments have been cited by later Hong Kong judgments, 19 times in total, per HKLII citation records.