Andrew Cheung

The Honourable Mr Justice Andrew Cheung CJHC
張舉能
The Hon. Mr Justice Cheung speaking at a Mediation Conference in 2014
4th Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2011
Appointed by	Donald Tsang
Preceded by	Geoffrey Ma
Judge of the Court of First Instance
In office 2003–2011
Deputy High Court Judge
In office 2001–2003
Judge of the District Court
In office 2001–2003
Personal details
Born	(1961-09-24) September 24, 1961 (age 55) British Hong Kong
Nationality	Hong Kong
Alma mater	Harvard Law School University of Hong Kong
Occupation	Judge
Profession	Barrister

The Honourable Mr Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung CJHC (Chinese: 張舉能; born 24 September 1961) is a Hong Kong judge, who is the 4th and current Chief Judge of the High Court, and serves also as the President of the Court of Appeal. Between 2001 and 2011, he held various positions in the judiciary of Hong Kong, including Judge of the Court of First Instance and Deputy High Court Judge. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he was a barrister-at-law in private practice prior to his judicial career, and was qualified to practise in Hong Kong as well as Singapore.

Born 24 September 1961 in Hong Kong, Andrew Cheung Kui-nung read law at the University of Hong Kong, and took a Master of Laws degree at Harvard Law School in the United States. Upon leaving Harvard, Cheung returned to Hong Kong and joined the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, where he served briefly as a Demonstrator and Lecturer on a part-time basis.

Cheung was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1985 and began private practice the following year; in 1995, he was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. He remained in private practice for 15 years.

Cheung was appointed to the bench in 2001 as a judge of the District Court of Hong Kong. Sitting first as a Deputy High Court Judge in December 2001, he was soon elevated to the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2003. He was then appointed as the Probate Judge in 2004, before becoming the Judge in charge of the Constitutional and Administrative Law List of the High Court in 2008. His tenure was marked by a number of high-profile rulings relating to constitutional and human rights matters.