Thomas Au

Thomas Au Hing-cheung (Chinese: 區慶祥; born 1963) is a Hong Kong judge, currently serving as a justice of appeal of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong.Au was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1998, and was in private practice between 1999 and 2007 as a member of Temple Chambers.[2] In 2007, Au left private practice and joined the bench as a District Judge, before being promoted to the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2009.[4][5] He also served as the judge in charge of the Construction and Arbitration List from 2011 until 2 September 2012, when he was appointed as the Judge in charge of the Constitutional and Administrative Law List.He has also described as a judge "with a great sense of humour when not commenting on the law", but who adopted a "technical" approach to his cases.
Chinese namefamily nameThe HonourableMr JusticeCourt of AppealHigh Court of Hong KongIncumbentLands TribunalJohnson LamCourt of First InstanceDistrict JudgeHong KongAlma materUniversity of OxfordUniversity of Hong KongChineseCourt of Appeal of Hong KongcalledTemple ChambersHigh CourtJudge in charge of the Constitutional and Administrative Law ListJudiciaryCivic PartyGovernment of Hong KongHong Kong Government GazetteSouth China Morning Post