Mr LAM served as a barrister in civil litigation for 4 years in Australia, and then in criminal law for 8 years in

Hong Kong. From 1992 to 2000, he was Crown Counsel (now called Senior Public Prosecutor) in the

Prosecutions Division of the Department of Justice. On average he used to prosecute approximately 15 High

Court jury trials and 30 appeals every year, prosecuting cases of murder, manslaughter, illegal ammunition,

large quantities of dangerous drugs, armed robbery as well as lesser offences. He has been sitting in the

various Magistrates Courts, as a Deputy Judge of the District Court, and in the Coroner's Court, the above