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Alan Huggins

January 01, 1970

For the philatelist, see Alan K. Huggins.

Sir Alan Armstrong Huggins (Traditional Chinese: 赫健士爵士, 15 May 1921 – 10 December 2009) was a British colonial judge serving in places including Uganda, Hong Kong and Brunei. He spent nearly 40 years in the judiciary of Hong Kong, serving as a Vice-President of the Court of Appeal from 1980 to 1987. After the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, he was appointed a non-permanent Hong Kong judge of the Court of Final Appeal until 2003.

Sir Alan Huggins
赫健士爵士
Born15 May 1921
Middlesex, England
Died10 December 2009 (aged 88)
Devon, England
OccupationJudge

Biography edit

Early years edit

Alan Huggins was born in Staines, Middlesex, on 15 May 1921 to William Armstrong Huggins, a Lloyd's underwriter, and Dale Copping.[1][2] He had an elder brother called Eric.[3] His family was related to Viscount Malvern (1883–1971), Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia. Huggins was educated at Radley College from 1936 to 1939. He went on to study law at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1939, where he subsequently obtained a MA degree in 1941.[1]

During the Second World War Huggins served at the Salvage Branch of the Admiralty from 1941 to 1946, and belonged to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers from 1940 to 1948.[1] After being called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1947, he worked at the chambers of Lionel Blundell, QC, in King's Bench Walk for four years from 1947 to 1951.[2]

Judicial career edit

In 1951, Huggins entered the Colonial Service and followed his elder brother to Africa, becoming a resident magistrate in Kampala, Uganda. However, his first wife did not want to stay in Africa after her sister-in-law was murdered by a servant in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.[2] In 1953, Huggins was therefore transferred to Hong Kong as a stipendiary magistrate and the president of the Tenancy Tribunals.[4] He later became a magistrate in the New Territories in 1955, the First Magistrate of Kowloon in 1956, and was promoted as a district judge in 1958.[4]

Huggins was appointed a puisne judge of the Supreme Court in 1965.[5] Hong Kong was then in a time of social instability, and at one point, his family received death threats and needed police protection after his winding-up of a local bank.[2] In 1976, he was further promoted as a Justice of Appeal. Huggins had the opportunity to become the Chief Justice in 1979 when the seat was vacant, but the government selected then Chief Secretary, Sir Denys Roberts.[3] Huggins was instead appointed a Vice-President of the Court of Appeal and became a Knight Bachelor in 1980. He received the knighthood in person from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in the following year.[6] Huggins served as the acting Chief Justice on a number of occasions during his capacity as the Vice-President and retired subsequently in 1987.[3] Huggins was also the chairman of the Advisory Committee on Legal Education from 1972 to 1987 and an honorary lecturer at the University of Hong Kong from 1979 to 1987.[3]

Apart from his judicial career in Hong Kong, Huggins was the Judicial Commissioner in the Supreme Court of Brunei from 1966 to 1983.[1] He remained in the same position until 1987 after the independence of Brunei from Britain in 1984.[7] From 1991 to 2000, he was once again appointed as the Judicial Commissioner. He then became the President of the Court of Appeal of Brunei from 2000 until 2002.[8]

Later years edit

Huggins resided in Widdicombe, Devon, in his retirement but he was occasionally invited to serve as a Justice of Appeal for the Falkland Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, Gibraltar, St Helena, the British Indian Ocean Territory and Bermuda.[3][7] After the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, Huggins, along with other colonial judges such as Sir Denys Roberts, Art McMullin, Sir Derek Cons and Sir Noel Power, was appointed as one of the first non-permanent Hong Kong judges of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, serving for a three-year term.[9] He later served for another three-year term from 2000 to 2003.[5]

Huggins died in Devon on 10 December 2009, aged 88. A memorial service was held in the St Michael and All Angels Church, Kingsbridge, on 29 December.[7] Both the judiciaries of Hong Kong and Brunei mourned over the death of Huggins,[8] with the Chief Justice of Hong Kong Andrew Li praised that he "won the respect and admiration of everyone through his legal learning, sense of justice and devotion to duty. He set the highest standards and applied himself tirelessly to maintain those standards at all times."[5] Robert Ribeiro, a permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal, also paid tribute to Huggins, saying that "the widely shared sentiment in the legal community is that Hong Kong will always be grateful for the lasting contribution Sir Alan made to the foundations of our present system of law".[3]

Personal life edit

Huggins married, firstly, Catherine Davidson Dick, in Laleham, Surrey, on 2 December 1950. The couple had two sons and a daughter, namely, Adrian, Roger Davidson and Rosemary Anne.[1] However, his first marriage ended in divorce. In 1985, he married, secondly, Elizabeth Low, in Hong Kong. The wedding ceremony was presided over by the Chief Justice, Sir Denys Roberts, in his official residence on the Peak. The second Lady Huggins died in 2007.[3][7]

Huggins was a lover of amateur dramatics. He played roles ranging from Shylock in The Merchant of Venice to the pantomime cow in Jack and the Beanstalk.[2] He was also a Christian of traditional religious beliefs, serving as an honorary governor of the British and Foreign Bible Society, a life member of the American Bible Society, president of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong and a diocesan reader of Hong Kong and Macao.[3]

Honours edit

Coat of arms of Alan Huggins
Crest
On a wreath of the colours on a mount Vert a lion couchant Azure semée of cinquefoils Argent.
Escutcheon
Argent a lion couchant between three fusils Azure.
Motto
Unity And Perseverance [10]

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e SINCLAIR, Kevin, "HUGGINS, Alan Armstrong (Sir)", Who's Who in Hongkong, Database Publication, 1984.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Sir Alan Huggins", The Daily Telegraph, 8 February 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Sir Alan Huggins: colonial judge", The Times, 11 January 2010.
  4. ^ a b LUZZATTO, Rola, "HUGGINS, ALAN ARMSTRONG", Hong Kong Who's Who: An Almanac of Personalities and Their History, 1958–1960, 1960.
  5. ^ a b c "Statement by the Chief Justice", Press Release, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 15 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Issue 48599", London Gazette, 1 May 1981, p.1.
  7. ^ a b c d Horton, A.V.M., Negara Brunei Darussalam: Obituary 2009, Borneo Research Bulletin, 2010.
  8. ^ a b Mohd Zulfadli Hj Abdul Hamid, The Passing of Sir Alan Armstrong Huggins, 10 March 2010.
  9. ^ Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission Report 1997-2002, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2002.
  10. ^ Burke's Peerage. 2003.

References edit

  • LUZZATTO, Rola, "HUGGINS, ALAN ARMSTRONG", Hong Kong Who's Who: An Almanac of Personalities and Their History, 1958–1960, 1960.
  • "Issue 48599", London Gazette, 1 May 1981, p. 1.
  • SINCLAIR, Kevin, "HUGGINS, Alan Armstrong (Sir)", Who's Who in Hongkong, Database Publication, 1984.
  • "Statement by the Chief Justice", Press Release, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 15 December 2009. website
  • Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission Report 1997-2002, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2002.
  • Horton, A.V.M., Negara Brunei Darussalam: Obituary 2009, Borneo Research Bulletin, 2010.website
  • "Sir Alan Huggins: colonial judge", The Times, 11 January 2010. website
  • "Sir Alan Huggins", The Daily Telegraph, 8 February 2010. website
  • Mohd Zulfadli Hj Abdul Hamid, The Passing of Sir Alan Armstrong Huggins, 10 March 2010. website[permanent dead link]

External links edit

  • HUGGINS, Sir Alan, "THE ECONOMICS OF JUSTICE, OR WHAT PRICE JUSTICE?", 1982.
  • "Confession was evidence, rules Appeals Court judge[permanent dead link]", The Royal Gazette, 18 March 1995.
  • "Sir Alan Huggins dies 1 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine", RTHK, 15 December 2009.

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For the philatelist see Alan K Huggins Sir Alan Armstrong Huggins Traditional Chinese 赫健士爵士 15 May 1921 10 December 2009 was a British colonial judge serving in places including Uganda Hong Kong and Brunei He spent nearly 40 years in the judiciary of Hong Kong serving as a Vice President of the Court of Appeal from 1980 to 1987 After the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 he was appointed a non permanent Hong Kong judge of the Court of Final Appeal until 2003 Sir Alan Huggins赫健士爵士Born15 May 1921Middlesex EnglandDied10 December 2009 aged 88 Devon EnglandOccupationJudge Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early years 1 2 Judicial career 1 3 Later years 2 Personal life 3 Honours 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 References 7 External linksBiography editEarly years edit Alan Huggins was born in Staines Middlesex on 15 May 1921 to William Armstrong Huggins a Lloyd s underwriter and Dale Copping 1 2 He had an elder brother called Eric 3 His family was related to Viscount Malvern 1883 1971 Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia Huggins was educated at Radley College from 1936 to 1939 He went on to study law at Sidney Sussex College Cambridge in 1939 where he subsequently obtained a MA degree in 1941 1 During the Second World War Huggins served at the Salvage Branch of the Admiralty from 1941 to 1946 and belonged to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers from 1940 to 1948 1 After being called to the bar by Lincoln s Inn in 1947 he worked at the chambers of Lionel Blundell QC in King s Bench Walk for four years from 1947 to 1951 2 Judicial career edit In 1951 Huggins entered the Colonial Service and followed his elder brother to Africa becoming a resident magistrate in Kampala Uganda However his first wife did not want to stay in Africa after her sister in law was murdered by a servant in Salisbury Southern Rhodesia 2 In 1953 Huggins was therefore transferred to Hong Kong as a stipendiary magistrate and the president of the Tenancy Tribunals 4 He later became a magistrate in the New Territories in 1955 the First Magistrate of Kowloon in 1956 and was promoted as a district judge in 1958 4 Huggins was appointed a puisne judge of the Supreme Court in 1965 5 Hong Kong was then in a time of social instability and at one point his family received death threats and needed police protection after his winding up of a local bank 2 In 1976 he was further promoted as a Justice of Appeal Huggins had the opportunity to become the Chief Justice in 1979 when the seat was vacant but the government selected then Chief Secretary Sir Denys Roberts 3 Huggins was instead appointed a Vice President of the Court of Appeal and became a Knight Bachelor in 1980 He received the knighthood in person from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in the following year 6 Huggins served as the acting Chief Justice on a number of occasions during his capacity as the Vice President and retired subsequently in 1987 3 Huggins was also the chairman of the Advisory Committee on Legal Education from 1972 to 1987 and an honorary lecturer at the University of Hong Kong from 1979 to 1987 3 Apart from his judicial career in Hong Kong Huggins was the Judicial Commissioner in the Supreme Court of Brunei from 1966 to 1983 1 He remained in the same position until 1987 after the independence of Brunei from Britain in 1984 7 From 1991 to 2000 he was once again appointed as the Judicial Commissioner He then became the President of the Court of Appeal of Brunei from 2000 until 2002 8 Later years edit Huggins resided in Widdicombe Devon in his retirement but he was occasionally invited to serve as a Justice of Appeal for the Falkland Islands the British Antarctic Territory Gibraltar St Helena the British Indian Ocean Territory and Bermuda 3 7 After the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 Huggins along with other colonial judges such as Sir Denys Roberts Art McMullin Sir Derek Cons and Sir Noel Power was appointed as one of the first non permanent Hong Kong judges of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal serving for a three year term 9 He later served for another three year term from 2000 to 2003 5 Huggins died in Devon on 10 December 2009 aged 88 A memorial service was held in the St Michael and All Angels Church Kingsbridge on 29 December 7 Both the judiciaries of Hong Kong and Brunei mourned over the death of Huggins 8 with the Chief Justice of Hong Kong Andrew Li praised that he won the respect and admiration of everyone through his legal learning sense of justice and devotion to duty He set the highest standards and applied himself tirelessly to maintain those standards at all times 5 Robert Ribeiro a permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal also paid tribute to Huggins saying that the widely shared sentiment in the legal community is that Hong Kong will always be grateful for the lasting contribution Sir Alan made to the foundations of our present system of law 3 Personal life editHuggins married firstly Catherine Davidson Dick in Laleham Surrey on 2 December 1950 The couple had two sons and a daughter namely Adrian Roger Davidson and Rosemary Anne 1 However his first marriage ended in divorce In 1985 he married secondly Elizabeth Low in Hong Kong The wedding ceremony was presided over by the Chief Justice Sir Denys Roberts in his official residence on the Peak The second Lady Huggins died in 2007 3 7 Huggins was a lover of amateur dramatics He played roles ranging from Shylock in The Merchant of Venice to the pantomime cow in Jack and the Beanstalk 2 He was also a Christian of traditional religious beliefs serving as an honorary governor of the British and Foreign Bible Society a life member of the American Bible Society president of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong and a diocesan reader of Hong Kong and Macao 3 Honours editKnight Bachelor 1980 Coat of arms of Alan Huggins Crest On a wreath of the colours on a mount Vert a lion couchant Azure semee of cinquefoils Argent Escutcheon Argent a lion couchant between three fusils Azure Motto Unity And Perseverance 10 See also editSupreme Court of Hong Kong Denys RobertsFootnotes edit a b c d e SINCLAIR Kevin HUGGINS Alan Armstrong Sir Who s Who in Hongkong Database Publication 1984 a b c d e Sir Alan Huggins The Daily Telegraph 8 February 2010 a b c d e f g h Sir Alan Huggins colonial judge The Times 11 January 2010 a b LUZZATTO Rola HUGGINS ALAN ARMSTRONG Hong Kong Who s Who An Almanac of Personalities and Their History 1958 1960 1960 a b c Statement by the Chief Justice Press Release The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15 December 2009 Issue 48599 London Gazette 1 May 1981 p 1 a b c d Horton A V M Negara Brunei Darussalam Obituary 2009 Borneo Research Bulletin 2010 a b Mohd Zulfadli Hj Abdul Hamid The Passing of Sir Alan Armstrong Huggins 10 March 2010 Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission Report 1997 2002 The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2002 Burke s Peerage 2003 References editLUZZATTO Rola HUGGINS ALAN ARMSTRONG Hong Kong Who s Who An Almanac of Personalities and Their History 1958 1960 1960 Issue 48599 London Gazette 1 May 1981 p 1 SINCLAIR Kevin HUGGINS Alan Armstrong Sir Who s Who in Hongkong Database Publication 1984 Statement by the Chief Justice Press Release The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15 December 2009 website Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission Report 1997 2002 The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2002 online version Horton A V M Negara Brunei Darussalam Obituary 2009 Borneo Research Bulletin 2010 website Sir Alan Huggins colonial judge The Times 11 January 2010 website Sir Alan Huggins The Daily Telegraph 8 February 2010 website Mohd Zulfadli Hj Abdul Hamid The Passing of Sir Alan Armstrong Huggins 10 March 2010 website permanent dead link External links editHUGGINS Sir Alan THE ECONOMICS OF JUSTICE OR WHAT PRICE JUSTICE 1982 Confession was evidence rules Appeals Court judge permanent dead link The Royal Gazette 18 March 1995 Sir Alan Huggins dies Archived 1 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine RTHK 15 December 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alan Huggins amp oldid 1206705506, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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