Appointed by Tung Chee Hwa Name Robert Ribeiro | Role Judge | |
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Alma mater London School of Economics Education London School of Economics and Political Science | ||
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Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro (Chinese: 李義, born 1949) is a Hong Kong judge and honorary lecturer in law at the University of Hong Kong. He is currently serving one of the three permanent judges for the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong.
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Early life and education
Born Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro, into a Portuguese-descent family in Hong Kong, he received his elementary and secondary education in Hong Kong. He studied in La Salle College.
Upon graduating with honours from the London School of Economics (LL.B. 1971, LL.M. 1972), Ribeiro returned to Hong Kong, and joined the faculty of law of the University of Hong Kong as a lecturer in 1972.
Legal career
After seven years of academic life, Ribeiro entered into private practice in 1979, and quickly established himself as an expert in admiralty and maritime law. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1990, and is a patron of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal.
Judicial career
In 1997, Ribeiro was appointed as a Recorder (part-time judge) of the High Court.
Ribeiro quickly rose through the ranks, and was appointed Judge of the High Court in 1999, promoted to the Court of Appeal (High Court) as a Justice of Appeal in 2000, and a Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal the same year.