Early life and education Lam was born in Hong Kong in 1961. He obtained an
LL.B. and
P.C.LL. from the
University of Hong Kong in 1983 and 1984 respectively. Among his graduating class was his future judicial colleague
Andrew Cheung.
Legal career Lam was
called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1984 and was in private practice since 1985. Lam joined the
Judiciary as
District Judge in 2001. Lam was appointed as Judge of the
Court of First Instance of the
High Court in 2003. In 2011, he was appointed as the
Judge in charge of the Constitutional and Administrative Law List. In 2012, Lam was elevated to the
Court of Appeal. He continued to serve as Judge in charge of the Constitutional and Administrative Law List until he was appointed as Vice President of the Court of Appeal on 2 September 2013. He is currently Chairman of the Judiciary's Working Party on Mediation, as well as a member of the Steering Committee on Mediation and the Accreditation Sub-committee set up by the Secretary for Justice. On 12 May 2021, it was announced that the
Chief Executive had accepted the recommendation of the independent
Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission to appoint Lam as a Permanent Judge of the
Court of Final Appeal (a post which had become vacant upon the appointment of
Andrew Cheung as
Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal on 11 January 2021), subject to the endorsement of the
Legislative Council in accordance with Article 90 of the
Basic Law. Lam's appointment took effect on 30 July 2021. Lam was appointed by the
Chief Executive as a member of the
Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong for 3 years with effect from 1 September 2021. In May 2023, the
Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) of the
United States Congress suggested the United States government imposing sanctions on Lam to counter the erosion of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong over his handling of
Jimmy Lai's
national security law. ==References==