1991 Anthony Rogers QC 1992 Jacqueline Leong QC 1993 Jacqueline Leong QC 1994 Ronny Wong QC 1995 Gladys Li QC 1996 Gladys Li QC 1997 Audrey Eu QC, SC 1998 Audrey Eu SC 1999 Ronny Tong SC 2000 Ronny Tong SC 2001 Alan Leong SC 2002 Alan Leong SC 2003 Edward Chan SC 2004 Edward Chan SC 2005 Philip Dykes SC 2006 Philip Dykes SC 2007 Rimsky Yuen SC 2008 Rimsky Yuen SC 2009 Russell Coleman SC 2010 Russell Coleman SC 2011 Kumar Ramanathan SC 2012 Kumar Ramanathan SC 2013 Paul Shieh SC 2014 Paul Shieh SC 2015 Winnie Tam SC 2016 Winnie Tam SC 2017 Paul Lam SC 2018 Philip Dykes SC 2019 Philip Dykes SC 2020 Philip Dykes SC 2021 Paul Harris SC 2022 Victor Dawes SC 2023 Victor Dawes SC By chairs (current chair in bold) Harold Sheldon, KC (1948–49) Charles Loseby, KC, QC (1950, 53) Leo D'Almada, KC, QC (1951, 54, 57, 59, 61-62) John McNeill, QC (1952, 55-56, 58) Lo Hin Shing (1960) Brook Bernacchi, QC (1963) S.V. Gittins (1964–65, 67) Oswald Cheung, QC (1966) Gerald de Basto, QC (1968–70, 73) Henry Litton, QC (1971–72, 77-79, 83-84) Archie Zimmern, QC (1974) Charles Ching, QC (1975–76) Martin Lee, QC (1980–82) Denis Chang, QC (1985–87) Robert Tang, QC (1988–89) Anthony Rogers, QC (1990–91) Jacqueline Leong, QC (1992–93) Ronny Wong, QC (1994) Gladys Li, QC (1995–96) Audrey Eu, QC, SC (1997–98) Ronny Tong, SC (1999-2000) Alan Leong, SC (2001–02) Edward Chan, SC (2003–04) Philip Dykes, SC (2005–06, 2018–20) Rimsky Yuen, SC (2007–08) Russell Coleman, SC (2009–10) Kumar Ramanathan, SC (2011–12) Paul Shieh, SC (2013–14) Winnie Tam, SC (2015–16) Paul Lam, SC (2017) Paul Harris, SC (2021) Victor Dawes, SC (2022– ) Notable Cases Admission of overseas counsel for Jimmy Lai In September 2022, the HKBA (along with the Secretary for Justice) opposed an application by Jimmy Lai to instruct a King’s Counsel in the UK to represent him in his trial in Hong Kong, stating that "the well established criteria for admitting overseas counsel on an ad hoc basis are not met." In November 2022, after the Court of Final Appeal ruled to allow Tim Owen KC to be admitted as an overseas counsel on an ad hoc basis, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, John Lee, made a request to the NPCSC for an interpretation of the national security law over whether overseas counsel are allowed to