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Joseph Paul Fok (Chinese: 霍兆剛, born 24 September 1962) is a Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
Early life
Fok obtained a Bachelor of Laws with honours from University College London in the United Kingdom in 1984.He attended the Inns of Court School of Law and passed the Bar Examination in 1985. He was called to the English Bar in 1985 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1986.
Legal career
Fok was in private practice in Hong Kong from January 1987, and on a part‐time ad hoc basis in Singapore between March 2002 and March 2006.He was appointed Senior Counsel in 1999. He was a member of Temple Chambers.
Judicial career
Fok was appointed a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court from 2003 to 2009.
He joined the Judiciary as a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court on 1 February 2010.Fok was appointed a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court on 1 February 2011.
He was appointed a Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal in 2013, replacing Mr Justice Patrick Chan.