Ian McWalters


Ian Charles McWalters is a judge and former prosecutor.

Legal career

McWalters graduated from the University of Sydney with a BA in 1972 and subsequently obtained an LLB in 1975.
He was admitted as solicitor in New South Wales, in 1975 and as barrister and solicitor in Papua New Guinea in the same year. He was admitted as barrister and solicitor in the Australian Capital Territory in 1994 and as barrister in Queensland in 2001.
McWalters was called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 2001. He took silk in 2005.
In 2009, McWalters was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong.

Judicial career

In 2011, McWalters was appointed a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong. As he was the DPP in the Department of Justice prior to the appointment, he could not, for six months after joining the Judiciary, deal with any criminal trials or appeals or any civil cases involving the Government.
In 2014, he was appointed Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong.