Kemal Bokhary

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honorific-prefix = The Hon Mr Justice
name = PAGENAME (包致金)
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office = Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal
term_start = 1997
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office2 = Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court
term_start2 = 1993
term_end2 =1997
office3 = Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
term_start3 = 1989
term_end3 =1993
appointer3 =Sir David Wilson
office4 = Justice of the Peace
term_start4 = 1984
term_end4 =1989
birth_date = 1947
birth_place = Hong Kong
nationality =
spouse = Verina Bokhary (Court of First Instance judge)
relations = Daoud Bokhary (father)
children = Three daughters
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Syed Kemal Shah Bokhary (包致金) is a judge in Hong Kong. He is currently one of the three Permanent Judges of the Court of Final Appeal. [http://www.judiciary.gov.hk/en/organization/judges.htm]

Early life

Born into a middle class Pakistani family in Hong Kong in 1947, Bokhary received his early education in King George V School, Hong Kong and his legal education in London.http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Kemal:Bokhary.html]

Legal career

After being called to the English Bar at Middle Temple in 1970 and to the Hong Kong Bar the following year, Bokhary established a successful legal practice in Hong Kong.Fact|date=January 2008 He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983.

Judicial career

The following year, he became a Justice of the Peace. In 1989, he was appointed a Judge of the High Court by Sir David Wilson, then Governor of Hong Kong. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1993. In 1997, upon the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, Mr. Justice Bokhary was appointed a Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong.

Family

Kemal is married to High Court judge Verina Bokhary, with whom he has three daughters. His father Daoud Bokhary, who also lives in the territory, came to the city with the British army after the liberation of Hong Kong from Japanese occupation and achieved success as a wharf owner and stock broker. [cite news|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Focus/GE26Dh01.html|work=The Standard|date=2005-05-26|accessdate=2008-01-09|title=Good life fit for a hero]

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