And then there were five. The pool of eminent foreign judges sitting on Hong Kong’s top court, once of Olympic proportions, continues to evaporate. It is now little more than a puddle. The latest judge to depart is Robert French, the former chief justice of Australia’s High Court. His resignation is a blow to the…
The reputation of Hong Kong’s legal system is of paramount importance as the city seeks to forge international ties and attract talent, tourists and investment in the Year of the Snake. Leading lights of the profession used the ceremonial opening of the legal new year to express defiance in the face of a barrage of…
Crime-themed attractions such as Hong Kong’s ICAC Cafe and Japan’s Prison Museum, designed to promote legal culture, are drawing growing numbers of tourists. Official data shows that Hong Kong received over 290,000 visitors during New Year’s Eve and the first day of the new year, more than 77 per cent of them came from the…
China’s judges and prosecutors must pay more attention to solving conflicts and ensuring fairness rather than just closing cases, a senior judicial official said in a rare commentary, as authorities reflect on a string of mass killings in recent weeks. Wang Chengguo, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Zhejiang province, wrote in…
Hong Kong’s legal system has demonstrated “strong resilience” to external threats and slanders, a senior Beijing official has said, calling on the city to strengthen its competitiveness and contribute more to global governance. Cui Jianchun, head of Beijing’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong, also said on Tuesday the rule of law was the city’s…