Andrew Li

The Honourable Andrew Li (李國能) CBE, GBM, JP

1st Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal
In office 1 July 1997 – 31 August 2010
Appointed by	Tung Chee Hwa
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Ma
Deputy High Court Judge
In office 1991–1997
Deputy Judge of the District Court
In office 1982–1985
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 68–69) British Hong Kong
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Fitzwilliam College (MA, LL.M)

Andrew Li Kwok-nang, CBE, GBM, JP, QC (Chinese: 李國能; born 1948) is a retired Hong Kong judge, and a former Chief Justice of Hong Kong, who was the first to preside over the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, established on 1 July 1997. Li was succeeded by Geoffrey Ma on 1 September 2010.

Born in Hong Kong, Andrew Li received his early education at St. Paul's Co-educational College, and then at Repton School in Derbyshire, England. He earned an MA and LLM from the University of Cambridge, where he was a scholar at Fitzwilliam College.

Li was called to the Middle Temple in 1970, and the Hong Kong Bar in 1973. His first ever pupil was Audrey Eu, who commenced her pupillage in 1978. Her brother and senior counsel Benjamin Yu was also Li's pupil. Former Secretary for Justice Wong Yan Lung was Li's last pupil. In 1988, he was appointed Queen's Counsel.

He was appointed a Deputy Judge of the District Court of Hong Kong in 1982 and a Deputy High Court Judge in 1991. In 1997, Li was elevated to Chief Justice by Tung Chee-Hwa, the first chief executive of Hong Kong after the handover. There he developed a moderate jurisprudence and was a consensus builder in the Court of Final Appeal.