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JAMES KERR FINDLAY, OBE, GBS, QC(HK), FCIArb

CURRICULUM VITAE

Kenilworth,
Cape 7708,
South Africa.

Telephone - (27 21) 762 3707
Fax - (27 21) 762 0942
E-mail - findlay@imaginet.co.za

Personal Information

Born Scotland 25 January 1936

Honours

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1991)
Gold Bauhinia Star (China) 2001.

Academic and professional qualifications

LL.B (Hons.) London (1963) (2:1)
Advocate, High Court of Rhodesia (1964)
Attorney, Notary and Conveyancer, High Court of Rhodesia (1966)
Solicitor, Court of Session, Scotland (1976)
Barrister and Solicitor, High Court of Victoria, Australia (1982)
Barrister, Inner Temple (1985)
Barrister, Hong Kong (1985)
Queen's Counsel, Hong Kong (1986)
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) (1997)

Career

Chartered Arbitrator and Part-time Judge - March 2000 -

High Court Judge, Hong Kong - 1994 - 2000

Law Draftsman - Attorney General's Chambers - January 1991 - September 1994

Law Officer- Attorney General's Chamber- Hong Kong April 1990 - January 1991

Deputy High Court Judge - March 1989 - April 1990

Director of Public Prosecutions, Hong Kong 1986 - 1989

Solicitor General Hong Kong 1984 - 1986:

Parliamentary Counsel - Hong Kong 1981 - 1984

Parliamentary Counsel- London 1978 - 1981:

Procurator Fiscal. Scotland : 1977 - 1978

Private Practice - Rhodesia 1964 - 1977

Magistrate- Rhodesia 1961 - 1964:

Judge's Marshall, Clerk of the Court and Public Prosecutor- Rhodesia 1958 - 1961:

British South Africa Police - Rhodesia 1954 - 1958.

 
 


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