East Asia
Hong Kong
Central & Western District

The Court of Final Appeal

The Court of Final Appeal Building, also known as the Old Supreme Court Building, is the home of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. It housed the former Supreme Court from 1912 to 1983 and the Legislative Council from 1985 to 2011.
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  • Type: Courthouse
  • Description: building in Central, Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Court of Final Appeal Building”, “Legislative Council Building”, “Old Supreme Court Building”, “Supreme Court Building”, “The Court of Final Appeal Building”, “最高法院大樓 Old Supreme Court Building”, and “立法會大樓 Legislative Council Building”
  • Address: 8 昃臣道 Jackson Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chater Garden and The Cenotaph.

Garden
Photo: Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5.
, located in the of , is a public park directly east of the Legislative Council building. It is named after Sir Paul Chater, as is the adjacent Chater Road. is situated 100 metres southeast of The Court of Final Appeal.

Memorial
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a constructed in 1923 and located between Statue Square and the City Hall in , , that commemorates the dead in the two world wars who served in Hong Kong in the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.

Library
Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
is situated 150 metres northeast of The Court of Final Appeal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Hong Kong and Government Hill.

Photo: seeminglee, CC BY 2.0.
Central and Western is a district of Island. It is the political, administrative and financial hub and home to some fantastic skyscrapers and Victoria Peak.

Neighborhood
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is a hill in , bounded by upper section of Upper Albert Road on the south, Queen's Road Central north, Garden Road east, and Glenealy, west of .

Suburb
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is the eastern extension of the central business district on the of . It is located on the eastern end of the , bordered by to the east and to the north.

The Court of Final Appeal

Latitude
22.28091° or 22° 16′ 51″ north
Longitude
114.16036° or 114° 9′ 37″ east
Levels
4
Open location code
7PJP75J6+94
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42293414
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­courthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Wiki­data ID
Q6518233
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“The Court of Final Appeal” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “前立法会大楼”
  • Chinese: “前立法會大樓”
  • Chinese: “旧香港最高法院大楼”
  • Chinese: “立法局大樓”
  • Chinese: “終審法院”
  • Chinese: “終審法院大樓”
  • Chinese: “终审法院大楼”
  • Chinese: “舊最高法院大樓”
  • Chinese: “舊香港最高法院大樓”
  • Chinese: “香港最高法院大樓”
  • Chinese: “香港立法会大楼”
  • Chinese: “香港立法局大楼”
  • Chinese: “香港立法局大樓”
  • Chinese: “香港立法會大樓”
  • French: “bâtiment de la Cour d’appel final”
  • French: “Bâtiment de la Cour d’appel final”
  • Indonesian: “Gedung Pengadilan Banding Terakhir”
  • Japanese: “終審法院大楼”
  • Korean: “종심법원대루”
  • Slovenian: “stavba Končnega prizivnega sodišča”
  • Yue Chinese: “前立法會大樓”
  • Yue Chinese: “終審法院大樓”
  • Yue Chinese: “舊香港最高法院大樓”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港立法局大樓”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港立法會大樓”

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