High Court of Hong Kong

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common law court court of record superior court

The High Court of Hong Kong is a superior court within Hong Kong’s judiciary that handles serious civil and criminal cases and oversees judicial review of government actions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Hong Kong	5
High Court of Hong Kong canonical	2
Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong	1
Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	common law court ⓘ court of record ⓘ superior court ⓘ
appealsTo	Court of Final Appeal ⓘ surface form: Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
appointingAuthority	Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
buildingCompleted	1985 ⓘ
canIssue	declarations ⓘ injunctions ⓘ prerogative orders ⓘ
country	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
establishedUnder	Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
governingLaw	High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) ⓘ
handles	appeals from the District Court ⓘ appeals from the Lands Tribunal ⓘ appeals from various statutory tribunals ⓘ judicial review cases ⓘ serious civil cases ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ
hasNumberOfStoreys	20 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
hasSeal	Emblem of Hong Kong ⓘ surface form: Judiciary of Hong Kong emblem
hasSubdivision	court of appeal ⓘ surface form: Court of Appeal of the High Court Court of First Instance of the High Court ⓘ
hasTypeOfCase	bankruptcy cases ⓘ commercial disputes ⓘ company law cases ⓘ family law cases ⓘ personal injury claims ⓘ public law cases ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.judiciary.hk ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Judge of the High Court ⓘ
hearsCasesWith	jury in certain criminal trials ⓘ
judgesAppointedOnAdviceOf	Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission ⓘ
jurisdiction	territory of Hong Kong ⓘ
legalSystem	Hong Kong common law system ⓘ
locatedIn	Admiralty, Hong Kong ⓘ High Court Building, Queensway ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong
oversees	judicial review of government actions ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Hong Kong ⓘ
predecessor	High Court of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Hong Kong
renamedFrom	High Court of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Hong Kong
renamedIn	1997 ⓘ
subjectTo	Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
symbolizes	independent judiciary in Hong Kong ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Court of Final Appeal → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Hong Kong ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong

Court of Final Appeal → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Hong Kong ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong

Hong Kong under British rule → highestCourt → High Court of Hong Kong ⓘ