An overseas non-permanent judge of Hong Kong’s top court has extended his term of office for another three years, following a number of resignations from other foreign justices in recent years. The judiciary announced on Friday that Justice William Gummow, an Australian who joined the Court of Final Appeal in 2013, and two other local…
An Australian judge has resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, becoming the sixth foreign member to step down over the past year, telling the Post on Friday he had observed that the role of non-permanent justices had “become increasingly anachronistic and arguably cosmetic”. Justice Robert French, a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal…
An Australian judge has resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, becoming the sixth foreign member to step down over the past year, telling the Post on Friday he had observed that the role of non-permanent justices had “become increasingly anachronistic and arguably cosmetic”. Justice Robert French, a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal…
Western politicians should stop putting “inappropriate pressure” on overseas judges serving in Hong Kong, a deputy minister has said after a third British justice stepped down from the city’s top court in the space of several months. The call from Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan on Saturday followed the recent departure of Nicholas…
Western politicians should stop putting “inappropriate pressure” on overseas judges serving in Hong Kong, a deputy minister has said after a third British justice stepped down from the city’s top court in the space of several months. The call from Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan on Saturday followed the recent departure of Nicholas…