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Sir Derek Cons (born 15 July 1928) is a retired British colonial judge who was one of the three Vice-Presidents of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1993. Cons was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1953 after he was graduated from the University of Birmingham. He joined the Judiciary of Hong Kong in 1955 as a Magistrate and was promoted as a District Judge in 1966 and a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court in 1972. During his long judicial career in Hong Kong, he presided over a large number of civil and criminal trials. Notable examples include the drug dealing case of Ng Sik-ho, notoriously known as "Limpy Ho", who was heavily sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment in 1975, as well as the case of , a reporter of Xinhua News Agency who was sentenced to two year

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  • Sir Derek Cons (born 15 July 1928) is a retired British colonial judge who was one of the three Vice-Presidents of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1993. Cons was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1953 after he was graduated from the University of Birmingham. He joined the Judiciary of Hong Kong in 1955 as a Magistrate and was promoted as a District Judge in 1966 and a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court in 1972. During his long judicial career in Hong Kong, he presided over a large number of civil and criminal trials. Notable examples include the drug dealing case of Ng Sik-ho, notoriously known as "Limpy Ho", who was heavily sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment in 1975, as well as the case of , a reporter of Xinhua News Agency who was sentenced to two year (en)
  • 拿督斯里巴杜卡康士爵士，（英語：Dato Seri Paduka Sir Derek Cons，1928年7月15日－），英國殖民地法官，1986年至1993年出任香港最高法院上訴庭三名副庭長之一。 畢業於伯明翰大學的康士在1953年從格雷律師學院取得執業大律師資格，1955年加入香港司法部任職裁判司，其後分別於1966年和1972年升任地方法院法官和最高法院副按察司。康士在司法界任職多年間審理大量民事和刑事案件，較矚目的例子包括在1975年把販運毒品罪名成立的「跛豪」吳錫豪重判入獄30年，以及在六七暴動期間把被控參與非法集會和作出威嚇性行為的新華社香港分社記者重判入獄兩年。1971年，他還獲港府委任為一個調查委員會主席，負責就當年發生的珍寶海鮮舫大火主持調查。 康士在1980年晉升為上訴庭按察司，1986年升任上訴庭副庭長，翌年進一步成為資深副庭長，1990年更獲英廷頒授爵士勳銜。精於企業和公司法的康士在上訴庭任職期間，曾於1984年至1991年兼任首任主席，另於1987年至1993年兼任法律教育諮詢委員會主席。身為司法部內年資最長的法官，康士一度有機會在1988年接替退休的羅弼時爵士成為首席按察司，但最終卻由年資較他短一年、本身是華人的另一名上訴庭副庭長楊鐵樑爵士接棒。 (zh)
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  • Sir Derek Cons (born 15 July 1928) is a retired British colonial judge who was one of the three Vice-Presidents of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1993. Cons was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1953 after he was graduated from the University of Birmingham. He joined the Judiciary of Hong Kong in 1955 as a Magistrate and was promoted as a District Judge in 1966 and a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court in 1972. During his long judicial career in Hong Kong, he presided over a large number of civil and criminal trials. Notable examples include the drug dealing case of Ng Sik-ho, notoriously known as "Limpy Ho", who was heavily sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment in 1975, as well as the case of , a reporter of Xinhua News Agency who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in 1967 for his involvement in illegal assemblies and aggressive acts during the leftist riots. In 1971, he was appointed by the government to chair a commission of inquiry to investigate the disastrous fire which took place on board the Jumbo Floating Restaurant. Cons was promoted to the Court of Appeal as a in 1980, becoming a Vice-President in 1986 and the Senior Vice-President the following year. As an expert of corporate and company law, he was, in addition to his duties in the Court of Appeal, the founding Chairman of the from 1984 to 1991 as well as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Legal Education from 1987 to 1993. As the judge with the highest seniority in the Judiciary, he was on the list to succeed the retiring Chief Justice, Sir Denys Roberts, in 1988. However, the opportunity was passed to Sir Ti-liang Yang, another Vice-President who was an ethnic Chinese and was one year junior to him in terms of seniority. In recognition of his judicial services, he was knighted in 1990. Although Cons retired from the Hong Kong Judiciary in 1993, he continued to serve as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam on part-time basis. He was subsequently appointed as one of the first Non-Permanent Hong Kong Judges of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong in 1997, as well as the President of the Court of Appeal of Brunei in 2003. In 2000 and 2006 in Brunei, he twice took part in the trials of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, younger brother of Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, who was accused of embezzling £8 billion from the government. Cons formally relinquished his positions from the Hong Kong and Brunei Judiciaries in 2006, marking the end of his 51-year long judicial career. (en)
  • 拿督斯里巴杜卡康士爵士，（英語：Dato Seri Paduka Sir Derek Cons，1928年7月15日－），英國殖民地法官，1986年至1993年出任香港最高法院上訴庭三名副庭長之一。 畢業於伯明翰大學的康士在1953年從格雷律師學院取得執業大律師資格，1955年加入香港司法部任職裁判司，其後分別於1966年和1972年升任地方法院法官和最高法院副按察司。康士在司法界任職多年間審理大量民事和刑事案件，較矚目的例子包括在1975年把販運毒品罪名成立的「跛豪」吳錫豪重判入獄30年，以及在六七暴動期間把被控參與非法集會和作出威嚇性行為的新華社香港分社記者重判入獄兩年。1971年，他還獲港府委任為一個調查委員會主席，負責就當年發生的珍寶海鮮舫大火主持調查。 康士在1980年晉升為上訴庭按察司，1986年升任上訴庭副庭長，翌年進一步成為資深副庭長，1990年更獲英廷頒授爵士勳銜。精於企業和公司法的康士在上訴庭任職期間，曾於1984年至1991年兼任首任主席，另於1987年至1993年兼任法律教育諮詢委員會主席。身為司法部內年資最長的法官，康士一度有機會在1988年接替退休的羅弼時爵士成為首席按察司，但最終卻由年資較他短一年、本身是華人的另一名上訴庭副庭長楊鐵樑爵士接棒。 康士雖然在1993年從香港司法部退休，但他繼續以客席性質留任汶萊司法專員，其後更於1997年獲委任為香港終審法院首批香港非常任法官之一，以及在2003年升任汶萊上訴庭庭長。在汶萊任職期間，他曾於2000年和2006年兩度參與審理汶萊蘇丹胞弟被指涉嫌挪用合共80億英鎊公款的案件。康士在2006年卸下香港和汶萊的司法職務，為長達51年的司法生涯正式劃上句號。 (zh)
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