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A permanent magistrate is a full-time magistrate, and is assigned to sit in one of the seven magistrates' courts. The Chief Justice appoints on a temporary basis a number of principal and permanent magistrates to sit as a Master in the High Court [2] or to sit as a Deputy District Judge or Master in the District Court, Family Court or Lands Tribunal.
It replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London as the highest appellate court of Hong Kong, The Court comprises five judges — the Chief Justice, three permanent judges and one non-permanent judge from Hong Kong or another common law jurisdiction. There is a panel of eight non-permanent Hong Kong judges and nine non ...
Attorney General of Hong Kong from 1966 to 1973. Colonial/Chief Secretary from 1973 to 1979. 21: Sir Ti-liang Yang: 1988–1996 Sir David Wilson: First Chinese Chief Justice. Resigned to contest position of Chief Executive of Hong Kong. – Sir Noel Power: 1996–1997 Acting: Chris Patten: Acting CJ pending handover of Hong Kong to China 1997.
In the case of an impeachment of a chief executive of Hong Kong, the chief justice presides over the trial as provided by the Hong Kong Basic Law. The chief justice is also the chairman ex-officio of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission which makes recommendations to fill a variety of judicial roles, and also determines the elevation ...
LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) -The rule of law in Hong Kong is profoundly compromised in areas of the law where the government has strong opinions, a British judge who recently resigned from the top ...
Since 1998, It has been the functional constituency with the most registered voters, including registered teachers, principals, managers of schools, full-time academic staff, members of the councils of the universities in Hong Kong and board of governors of the institutes of higher educations. [2]
Appointed Chief Justice of Hong Kong 1902. 10 Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, KC: 1902 1906 [5] Previously Chief Justice of Fiji 1889-1902. Retired to practice at Hong Kong bar 1906, but acted as AG in 1909. 11 Sir William Rees-Davies, KC: 1907 1912 Appointed Chief Justice of Hong Kong 1912. 12 Sir John Bucknill, KC: 1912 1914
In response, the Hong Kong Journalists Association said that the move would make it more difficult for journalists to protect their sources. [ 7 ] Also, in April 2021, after the sentencing of Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy figures drew criticism from overseas politicians, the DoJ released a statement saying that though the government ...