Editing Judge (section)

==== Hong Kong ====
In [[Hong Kong]], court proceedings are conducted in either English or [[Hong Kong Cantonese]] (a dialect of [[Yue Chinese]]). Judges of Hong Kong retain many of the English traditions such as wearing wigs and robes in trials.

In the lower courts, magistrates are addressed as ''Your worship'', and district court judges as ''Your Honour''.

In the superior courts of record, namely the [[Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal]] and the [[High Court of Hong Kong]] (which consists of the [[Court of Appeal (Hong Kong)|Court of Appeal]] and the [[Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)|Court of First Instance]]), judges are addressed as ''My Lord'' or ''My Lady'' and referred to as ''Your Lordship'' or ''Your Ladyship'', following the English tradition.

In writing, the post-nominal letters ''PJ'' is used to refer to a permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal and ''NPJ'' to a non-permanent judge. In the High Court, the abbreviation ''JA'' is used to denote a justice of appeal, and the letter ''J'' refers to a judge of the Court of First Instance.

[[Master (judiciary)|Masters]] of the High Court are addressed as ''Master''.

When trials are conducted in Chinese, judges were addressed, in Cantonese, as ''Fat Goon Dai Yan'' ({{Langx|yue|法官大人|lit=Judge, your lordship|translit= faat3 gun1 daai6 jan4 |label=[[Hong Kong Cantonese]]}}) before the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to China, and as ''Fat Goon Gok Ha'' ({{Langx|yue|法官閣下|links=no|lit=Judge, your honour|translit=faat3 gun1 gok3 haa6|label= Hong Kong Cantonese}}) since 1997. ''Fat Goon'' ({{Langx|yue|法官|links=no|lit=Judge|translit=faat gun1|label=Hong Kong Cantonese}}) means the word "judge".