Brian Keith (judge)
He practised in employment and administrative law from the chambers of Lord Irvine of Lairg QC, where a fellow member was Tony Blair.In 1996 he became the first judge in charge of the High Court's new Constitutional and Administrative Law List in preparation for the resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong by China in 1997.[1] From January to March 2023, Keith is sitting as a part-time Deputy Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong SAR.On 1 October 2001, Keith was appointed a judge of the High Court of England and Wales,[3] receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.From 2004 to 2006, he was the chairman of the public inquiry into the racist murder of Zahid Mubarek,[1] an Asian teenager, in his cell at Feltham Young Offenders Institution.