Michael Victor Lunn, GBS, KC, SC (; born 1950) is a senior judge. He is Chairman of the Market Misconduct Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal in

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Early life

Lunn was born in Rhodesia (now

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) and was educated in

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. In 1968, he won a Richardson Foundation Scholarship to Davidson College in the

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. He graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge with a BA in

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in 1972.

Legal career

In 1973, Lunn was called to the Bar in

and was admitted to

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. He was a barrister in private practice in England from 1974 to 1977. 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. Lunn

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in 1994. He was Vice Chairman of the

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from 2001 to 2003.

Judicial career

Lunn was appointed as a Recorder of the

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of the

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in 2000. He was appointed as a full-time Judge of the

of the

in 2003. He was elevated to the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong in 2011 and became Vice President of the Court of Appeal in 2014. Lunn was Chairman of the Market Misconduct Tribunal from 2005 to 2012. In 2012, Lunn was appointed as Chairman of the Inquiry into the

2012 Lamma Island ferry collision On 1 October 2012, at approximately 20:23 HKT, the passenger ferries ''Sea Smooth'' and ''Lamma IV'' collided off Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island, Hong Kong. This occurred on the National Day of the People's Republic of China, and one of the ship ...

. After the

2018 Hong Kong bus accident On 10 February 2018, at approximately 18:13 HKT, a Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) double-decker bus flipped onto its side on Tai Po Road in Tai Po, New Territories. The crash killed 19 people and injured 65. The incident, also known as the 872 ac ...

, Lunn was appointed as Chairman of the Independent Review Committee on Hong Kong's Franchised Bus Service. Lunn retired from the Hong Kong Judiciary in 2018. On 1 July 2018, he was awarded the

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by the

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in recognition of his dedicated and distinguished service in the Judiciary for 15 years. Since October 2018, Lunn has been sitting as a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of

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. Lunn sat as a Deputy Judge of the

in 2019 and 2020. 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. In 2021, Lunn's term was extended for 3 years until 2024."G.N. 4558"

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(No. 30, Vol. 25, 30 July 2021)

References

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