Michael_Lunn
Michael Lunn
Hong Kong judge
Michael Victor Lunn, GBS, KC, SC (Chinese: 倫明高; born 1950) is a senior judge. He is Chairman of the Market Misconduct Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal in Hong Kong.
The Honourable Mr Justice Michael Lunn | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Hong Kong Market Misconduct Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong | |
| In office 2014–2018 | |
| Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong | |
| In office 2011–2014 | |
| Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong | |
| In office 2003–2011 | |
| Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong | |
| In office 2000–2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 Southern Rhodesia |
| Alma mater | Davidson College Queens' College, Cambridge |
Lunn was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was educated in England.
In 1968, he won a Richardson Foundation Scholarship to Davidson College in the United States.[1]
He graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge with a BA in law in 1972.[2]
In 1973, Lunn was called to the Bar in England and was admitted to Inner Temple. He was a barrister in private practice in England from 1974 to 1977.[2]
He moved to British Hong Kong in 1977 and worked in the Attorney-General's Chambers until 1981. From 1982 to 2003, he was in private practice as a member of the Chambers of Gary Plowman, SC.[2][3]
He was Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2001 to 2003.[2]
Lunn was appointed as a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong in 2000.[4] He was appointed as a full-time Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong in 2003.[2]
He was elevated to the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong in 2011[5] and became Vice President of the Court of Appeal in 2014.[6]
Lunn was Chairman of the Market Misconduct Tribunal from 2005 to 2012.[6]
In 2012, Lunn was appointed as Chairman of the Inquiry into the 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision.[7]
After the 2018 Hong Kong bus accident, Lunn was appointed as Chairman of the Independent Review Committee on Hong Kong's Franchised Bus Service.[8]
Lunn retired from the Hong Kong Judiciary in 2018.[9] On 1 July 2018, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Chief Executive in recognition of his dedicated and distinguished service in the Judiciary for 15 years.[10][11]
Since October 2018, Lunn has been sitting as a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam.[12]
Lunn sat as a Deputy Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020.[13][14]
In 2019, Lunn was re-appointed as Chairman of the Market Misconduct Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal for a 3-year term until 2021.[15][16] In 2021, Lunn's term was extended for 3 years until 2024.[17]
- Lui, Alison. "5". Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume Two. New York: Routledge. p. 77. doi:10.1201/b17907-12. ISBN 9780429255915.
- "Judicial appointment for Michael Lunn". 11 September 2003.
- "Plowman Chambers". Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "G.N. 7453", Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 46, Vol. 4, 17 November 2001)
- "Judicial appointment". 12 December 2011.
- "Appointment of Vice-President of the Court of Appeal". 13 June 2014.
- "Press statement by the Honourable Mr Justice Lunn". 22 October 2012.
- "G.N.(E.) 32" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 29, Vol. 22 (Extraordinary), 1 July 2018)
- "Sultan Attends Swearing-in Ceremony of Judges". State Judiciary Department, Brunei Darussalam. 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020.
- "G.N. 129" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 2, Vol. 23, 11 January 2019)
- "G.N. 3674" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 27, Vol. 24, 3 July 2020)
- "G.N. 5180", Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 28, Vol. 22, 13 July 2018)
- "G.N. 4558", Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 30, Vol. 25, 30 July 2021)