Y. K. J. Yeung Sik Yuen
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| office = Chief Justice of Mauritius
| term_start = 13 June 2007
| term_end = 31 December 2013
| predecessor = Ariranga Pillay
| successor = Kheshoe Parsad Matadeen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Curepipe, Mauritius
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| alma_mater = University of Leeds
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Bernard Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen GOSK (born 1 January 1947) is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mauritius.{{cite news|url=http://www.defimedia.info/news-sunday/court-news/item/3600-leave-to-appeal-refused-dpp-to-enquire-on-hurnam.html|title=Leave to appeal refused, DPP to enquire on Hurnam|work=Le Défi Quotidien|date=2011-12-30|access-date=2012-04-19}}{{cite news|url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=71a49dcb36623110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD|title=New Chief Justice Appointed|publisher=Government Information Service of Mauritius|date=2007-07-14|access-date=2012-04-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ahjucaf.org/+Nomination-de-M-Bernard-Sik-Yuen+.html|title=Nomination de M. Bernard Sik Yuen, en qualité de juge en chef de la Cour suprême de l'Ile Maurice|publisher= L'association des cours judiciaires suprêmes francophones|access-date=2012-04-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ambchine.mu/chn/xwdt/t419114.htm|title=毛里求斯总统会见中国最高人民法院代表团|publisher=Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Mauritius|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2012-04-18}}
Career
After being called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, London in 1970, Yeung Sik Yuen returned to his native Mauritius and took a position as State Counsel in the office of the Attorney-General of Mauritius, wherein he served until 1976. After that he moved to the bench, serving first as a magistrate and from 1984 to 1989 as Master & Registrar and Judge in Bankruptcy. He was named a judge of the Supreme Court in 1989, and elevated to Senior Puisne Judge in 1995. He was sworn in as Chief Justice on 13 June 2007, succeeding Ariranga Pillay after the latter's retirement and was replaced on 31 December 2013 by Kheshoe Parsad Matadeen. He has also served as the Mauritian independent expert on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CERD/Pages/Membership.aspx|title=Membership|publisher=United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination|date=2015-08-11|access-date=2015-08-11}}
Personal life
Yeung Sik Yuen was born in Curepipe into a family of Hakka Sino-Mauritian businesspeople; his ancestors started out as shopkeepers and grew their company into various fields.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbcmauritius.com/index.php?category=23|title=Newsletter Publication|publisher=Chinese Business Chamber of Mauritius|date=2009-04-17|access-date=2012-04-19}} He did his secondary education at St. Joseph's College, Curepipe and then in 1966 went to the United Kingdom to study law at the University of Leeds, completing his degree in 1969. He has been the President of the Lions Club of Port-Louis in 1988 and 2000. He is married with three children. His nephew [http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/AssemblySite/menuitem.3bef52ce598560451251701065c521ca/?content_id=6083033f96ff9210VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD Michael] was Mauritius' Minister of Tourism and Leisure.
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Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds
Category:20th-century Mauritian judges
Category:Mauritian people of Chinese descent
Category:People from Meixian District
Category:Mauritian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Category:Members of Lincoln's Inn
Category:People from Plaines Wilhems District
Category:Chief justices of Mauritius
Category:African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights members