Carlye Chu

Carlye Chu Fun-ling (Chinese: 朱芬齡; born 1960) is a Hong Kong judge. She has served as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court since June 2011.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chu.
The Honourable Madam Justice

Carlye Chu Fun-ling

JA
朱芬齡
Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court
Assumed office
2011
Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
In office
2000–2011
Registrar of the High Court
In office
1999–2000
Deputy Registrar of the High Court
In office
1997–1999
District Judge
In office
1995–1997
Magistrate
In office
1991–1995
Personal details
Born1960 (age 60–61)
Hong Kong
Alma materLondon School of Economics
University of Hong Kong

Chu graduated from the University of Hong Kong with an LLB in 1982 and a PCLL in 1983. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1983. She received her LLM from the London School of Economics in 1985. She was a barrister in private practice from 1985 until 1991.[1][2]

Chu obtained a Master of Social Sciences in Criminology from the University of Hong Kong in 1994.[2]

Judicial career

In 1991, Chu joined the bench as a Permanent Magistrate. In 1995, she became a District Judge.[1]

She was appointed as Deputy Registrar of the High Court in 1997, as Registrar of the High Court in 1999, and as Judge of Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2000.[3][4][1]

In 2011, Chu was elevated to the Court of Appeal.[5][1]

Chu acted as Returning Officer for the 2005 and 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive elections.[6][7]

Chu is a member of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission.[2][8][9]

References
  1. "Judicial appointment". www.info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 7 June 2011.
  2. "JORC Report 2018" (PDF). Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission. p. 14.
  3. "G.N. 6554" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 41, Vol. 4, 13 October 2000)
  4. "Judicial appointment". www.info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 3 October 2000.
  5. "G.N. 3790" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 24, Vol. 15, 17 June 2011)
  6. "G.N. 2383" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 21, Vol. 9, 27 May 2005)
  7. "G.N. 7209" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 51, Vol. 20, 23 December 2016)
  8. "G.N. 4020" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 23, Vol. 22, 8 June 2018)
  9. "G.N. 3252" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 25, Vol. 24, 19 June 2020)
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