[Notizie dal nostro giornale]Judge Kimberly of the High Court Trial caused major controversy when she tried a case in October last year. You released a suspect in a drug case. The Justice Department successfully appealed this Monday (14 ), and the case was ordered by the Court of Finals to postpone the retrial, but the foreign defendant left Hong Kong. It was reported that Kimberly resigned from the judiciary after the case. The judiciary confirmed to this newspaper yesterday that Kimberly had submitted his resignation to Chief Justice Zhang Juneng in August this year, because there is still a year left to resign. she will officially leave her post in August next year.
There is a one-year notice period for resignation in August next year
The judiciary said Judge Kimberly had earlier decided to extend the retirement age to 70. Furthermore, under the Retirement Benefits (Bailiffs) Order, High Court judges who are subject to provisions for extending the retirement age can retire voluntarily after reaching the age of 65. In accordance with the relevant regulations, Kimberly notified the Chief Justice in early August this year and will retire early next August.
Kimberly was charged in a controversial verdict involving a foreigner suspected of drug trafficking. When the defendant arrived in Hong Kong three years ago, the customs seized cocaine with a market value of nearly 5 million yuan and was charged with drug trafficking. However, during the trial before the Court of First Instance, Kimberly suddenly asked to use the “judgment voir dire” method of dealing with conversations on the WhatsApp telephone program that both the prosecution and the defense agreed to present in court, and ruled that the talks could not be brought to trial, granting the defendant’s request to definitively suspend the hearing. The Justice Department immediately said it would appeal to the Final Court, but Kimberley still insisted on allowing the defendant to leave Hong Kong pending an appeal, and the defendant eventually flew out. As of this Monday, the Court of Final Appeals handed down a verdict, ruling that the Justice Department’s appeal had been granted and pointing out that Kimberly had violated jury duties and that it was a mistake not to present the conversation in court. You ordered a retrial in another judge and instructed the original The court can issue an arrest warrant.
Judge Kimberly was born in England in 1956. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the UK Open University in 1982 and 1986 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Reading respectively, and a Masters in 1990 in Laws from King’s College London, UK. She was called to the bar in England and Wales in 1987 and in Hong Kong in 2000, and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2013. She practiced from 1988 to 2015. Since April 2015 she has been appointed Deputy Judge of the Court of first instance of the High Court. You were officially appointed judge of the Court of First Instance until May 2016.
