Sir Anthony Mason – Charm

Legal Tales | Tribute to towering jurist: how the late Sir Anthony Mason shaped Hong Kong courts

5 months ago02 mins

Sir Anthony Mason, one of Hong Kong’s first and greatest justices to sit on our Court of Final Appeal, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 100. Not only was he a towering jurist in the common law world, but his contribution to Hong Kong’s legal system, particularly in its formative post-1997 years, was…

Anthony Mason, who helped put top Hong Kong court on the map, dies at age 100

5 months ago02 mins

Former Australian chief justice Anthony Mason, who was one of the first non-permanent judges to join the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and oversaw many of its early key constitutional cases, has died at the age of 100. Tributes from current and former city officials poured in for the late jurist on Wednesday, just…