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Since its establishment in 1997, Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has sporadically extended invitations to judges from other common law jurisdictions to join its appeal panel. This practice has been regarded as testament to the international community’s trust in the city’s judicial system, which has helped Hong Kong maintain its reputation and credibility as a global financial and business hub. Nevertheless, in recent years, the engagement of overseas judges has become a subject of controversy over a series of resignations following the implementation of a Beijing-imposed national secur...
Hong Kong Free Press
Two of Beijing’s state offices in Hong Kong have hit back at a British judge who said the city was turning into a “totalitarian state” after resigning from the Court of Final Appeal. Beijing’s liaison office and national security office in Hong Kong on Thursday issued two separate statements in response to comments made by Jonathan Sumption, who resigned as a non-permanent overseas judge from the Court of Final Appeal last week, calling him a “pawn” of foreign interference. After resigning, Sumption wrote an op-ed in Financial Times in which he said the city’s rule of law was in “grave danger”...
Hong Kong Free Press
The departure of three foreign judges from Hong Kong’s top court is “most regrettable,” former chief justice Andrew Li has said, adding that non-permanent overseas justices make “a valuable contribution to Hong Kong.” The remarks came as two non-permanent overseas judges, Lord Jonathan Sumption and Lord Lawrence Collins, both from the UK, announced last Friday that they would quit the Court of Final Appeal. Another non-permanent overseas judge Beverley McLachlin, who is from Canada, also announced on Monday that she would step down after her term expires in July. Days after announcing his deci...
Hong Kong Free Press
Chief Executive John Lee has hit back at a former top court judge who said Hong Kong was “slowly becoming an authoritarian state” in an op-ed explaining his reasons for quitting the city’s Court of Final Appeal, saying that judges’ expertise lay in the law, not politics. At a routine press briefing on Tuesday, Lee responded to questions from reporters about the resignation of Lord Jonathan Sumption. In a Financial Times opinion piece published on Monday, Sumption said judges in the city were having to operate in an “almost impossible political environment created by China” and that the city’s ...
Hong Kong Free Press
Canadian judge Beverley McLachlin is to step down from the Court of Final Appeal when her term ends on July 29, according to a statement seen by the Globe and Mail. It comes amid years of pressure to resign, and days after two British judges quit the apex court last week – both citing politics. In the statement, the ex-Canadian Supreme Court justice noted that she had turned 80, as she gave her backing to the judiciary: “While I will continue certain professional responsibilities, I intend to spend more time with my family… It has been a privilege serving the people of Hong Kong. I continue to...
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