Ian George McCurdy Wingfield GBS served as

Solicitor General of Hong Kong The Solicitor General of Hong Kong is head of the Legal Policy Division of the Department of Justice () in Hong Kong. He (to date no woman has held the post) is responsible for the development of legal policy, advising the Secretary for Justic ...

from 2007 to 2010.

Early life

Wingfield was born in London and graduated from the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

in 1970.

Career

Wingfield was called to the English Bar at

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in 1974 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1994. He joined the Hong Kong Government as Government Counsel in January 1982. He was promoted to Senior Government Counsel in October 1982, to Deputy Principal Government Counsel in March 1985, and to Principal Government Counsel in March 1988. He was further promoted to Law Officer in November 1991 and since then held the positions of Law Officer (Civil Law), Law Officer (International Law). He was appointed

in 2007. In 2010, he left the Department of Justice and resumed practice as a barrister at the private bar in Hong Kong.

Awards

Wingfield was awarded the

Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of ...

in 1999 for his public service in the

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Marriage

Wingfield is married to Clare-Marie Beeson, a former Judge of the

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of the

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.The Australian, 29 July 2007
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wingfield, Ian George McCurdy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia Members of the Inner Temple Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star Solicitors General of Hong Kong