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| No.4 August, 2012 |
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Chief Justice's visit |
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 Hong Kong and Australia share a lot in common. Both places maintain an independent and effective judicial system which upholds the rule of law and safeguards the rights and freedoms of the individual.
The Chief Justice of Hong Kong Geoffrey Ma Tao-li was recently in Australia, visiting Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney.
 Meeting legal practitioners and members of the public, he shared his views and insights on the developments in the rule of law in Hong Kong, highlighting that Hong Kong's rule of law continues and the common law prevails with an independent judiciary.
Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li was appointed Chief Justice of Hong Kong on 1 September 2010.
He joined the Hong Kong Judiciary as Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2001, and was appointed Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court in 2002, and Chief Judge of the High Court in 2003. Chief Justice Ma graduated with an LLB from Birmingham University in 1977. He completed his Bar Finals in 1978, was called to the English Bar (Gray's Inn) in 1978, the Hong Kong Bar in 1980, the Bar of the State of Victoria in Australia in 1983 and the Bar of Singapore in 1990. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1993 and made an Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn in 2004. Chief Justice Ma was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) by the University of Birmingham in 2011.
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