Kemal Bokhary

Kemal Bokhary
包致金
Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal
Assumed office
2012
Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal
In office
1997–2012
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byRobert Tang
Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
In office
1993–1997
Judge of the High Court of Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
In office
1989–1993
Appointed bySir David Wilson
Justice of the Peace
In office
1984–1989
Personal details
Born (1947-10-25) 25 October 1947 (age 77)
Hong Kong
NationalityBritish[1]
SpouseVerina Bokhary
RelationsAmina Mariam Bokhary (niece)
Children3 daughters
Parent
Kemal Bokhary
Chinese包致金
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBāo Zhìjīn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBāau Jigām
Jyutpingbaau1 zi3 gam1

Syed Kemal Shah Bokhary GBM JP (Urdu: سید كمال شاه بخاري, Chinese: 包致金; Cantonese Yale: Bāau Jigām; born 25 October 1947) is a judge in Hong Kong. He was one of three Permanent Judges of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal from its inception in 1997 until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in October 2012; afterwards, he remained on the bench as a non-permanent judge.[2]

  1. ^ Chiu, Austin (6 December 2012). "Liberal judge Bokhary stands by his dissenting views". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 'My nationality is British. That does not make me any less a Hong Kong person,' the Hong Kong-born judge said. ... A British national, Bokhary disagreed with the suggestion that judges of the top court should be Chinese citizens or Hong Kong residents.
  2. ^ List of Judges and Judicial Officers, Hong Kong Judiciary, 1 January 2010, archived from the original on 23 January 2010, retrieved 27 January 2010