Susan Kwan Shuk-hing (; born 1954) is a Hong Kong

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. She has served as a Vice President of the

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since April 2019.

Legal and judicial career

Kwan received an

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in 1977 and a

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in 1978 from the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...

. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1979 and was a

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in private practice until 1999. She was Honorary Secretary of the

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from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, Kwan was appointed as Deputy Registrar of the High Court. In 2001, she was appointed as a Judge of the

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of the High Court. In 2002, she was appointed as the Judge in charge of the Companies and Bankruptcy List. In 2009, Kwan was elevated to the

. In 2019, she was the first woman to be appointed as Vice President of the Court of Appeal. Kwan is Editor-in-Chief of ''Company Law in Hong Kong: Insolvency'' and ''Company Law in Hong Kong: Practice and Procedure''. In October 2022, Kwan was part of a team of 3 judges who ruled against

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and said that "despite its importance to the freedom of the press, the protection afforded to journalistic material is not absolute."

References

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