Kemal Bokhary
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The Hon Mr Justice Kemal Bokhary (包致金) |
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| Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal | |
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Assumed office 2012 |
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| Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal | |
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In office 1997–2012 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Robert Tang |
| Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong | |
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In office 1993–1997 |
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| Judge of the High Court of Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong | |
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In office 1989–1993 |
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| Appointed by | Sir David Wilson |
| Justice of the Peace | |
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In office 1984–1989 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1947 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Hong Kong permanent resident (British) |
| Spouse(s) | Verina Bokhary |
| Relations | Amina Mariam Bokhary (niece) |
| Children | (3 daughters) |
Syed Kemal Shah Bokhary (Urdu: سید كمال شاه بخاري, Chinese: 包致金; born 1947) is a judge in Hong Kong. He was one of three Permanent Judges of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal from its inception in 1997 until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in October 2012; afterwards, he remained on the bench as a non-permanent judge.
Bokhary's father is Daoud Bokhary, a native of the North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan who came to Hong Kong with the British Indian Army after the Japanese occupation. His mother's family had been in Hong Kong since the 19th century. Bokhary himself was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong in 1947. He received his early education in the King George V School, Hong Kong and his legal education in London. Bokhary is married to High Court judge Verina Saeeda Bokhary, with whom he has three daughters.
Bokhary was called to the English Bar in 1970 and to the Hong Kong Bar the following year. He went on to establish a successful legal practice in Hong Kong and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983. The following year, he also became a Justice of the Peace. In 1989, he was appointed a Judge of the High Court. He came to wide public attention in early 1993 for presiding over an inquest into the New Year's Eve stampede at Lan Kwai Fong, in which 21 people were killed. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal later that year. In 1997, upon the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to the People's Republic of China, Bokhary was appointed a Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong. He was known for his sense of humour and his talkativeness in court. In 2001, Bokhary was elected a bencher of London's Middle Temple.
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