Ross Grange Penlington

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Ross Grange Penlington (Chinese: 彭亮廷; 1931 - 2001) is a former Court of Appeal Judge in Hong Kong.[1][2] He was also the Commanding Officer of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force from 1975 - 1983. Penlington was later appointed to be the Honorary Air Commodore of the Force.

Born in Christchurch he graduated LLB from the University of Canterbury and practised in his father’s (Cedric Penlington) firm, Harper Pascoe & Co. In 1959 he went to Western Samoa as a legal officer and was acting Attorney-General at its independence in 1962.[3]

Ross Penlington moved to Hong Kong as Crown counsel in 1964. As the Director of Public Prosecutions in the 70's, Penlington prosecuted Peter Godber and Ernest 'Taffy' Hunt in 1974 of bribery. He became a Hong Kong district court judge in 1977, a High Court judge there in 1980, and as a Justice of Appeal from 1986 until he retired to Taupo in 1995.[4]

As the Chairman of the Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority in the later 70's and early 80's, he had presided over licensing applications which involved BCAL, Cathay, BA, Laker. He was generally recognized in the industry that his judgements were entirely fair and wise.[5]


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  1. ^ "Judgment on Retirement." South China Morning Post. N.p., 01 Apr. 1995. Web. 19 Feb. 2017.
  2. ^ Scholarships and Prizes Search Details - University of Canterbury - New Zealand. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2017.
  3. ^ "Ross Penlington, 1931 - 2001". New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa. 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  4. ^ "ICAC in the 70's - particularly the Godber / Hunt cases | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong". gwulo.com. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  5. ^ "CFEA Caledonian Far East Airways". www.british-caledonian.com. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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