2600027 C.S. 20A
rom the Governor, Hong Kong
SAVING DESPATCH
SAMING<R>AM
CONFIDENTIAL
Watch Affairs
Foreign & Comarth Affairs
To the Secretary of State for thexExkonta
Repeated to:-
Repeated to:—
Date......
26th March 1969
y Reference CR 3/1749/68
Original a
FOREIGN
AND
COMMUNICALIH OFFICE
31 MAR 1969
COMMUNIerence..
S DEPARTMENT
Re204/18/07
Anticipated Vacancy for Principal Magistrate,
Judiciary
No.
No.
No.
373
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRYN 51
- 9 APR 1969
K/14/23
Provisional approval has been given for an additional post
I
of Principal Magistrate to be included in the 1969/70 Estimates. attach a notification of this anticipated vacancy and recommend that this new post, when created, be filled by the promotion of Mr. F. Addison, Senior Crown Counsel.
2.
In accordance with the usual custom, the Chief Justice consulted the Attorney General and the Registrar General in regard to possible candidates from their departments, and the following officers have been considered
Date of Appt.
Name of officer & appointment
Date of 1st appointment
as Magistrate
or Crown Counsel
Mr. A.L. Leathlean Senior Magistrate
19.11.57
19.11.57
Date of present appointment
7.12.66
Mr. N.B. Hooper, Senior Magistrate
4. 4.61*
4. 4.61*
19. 3.68
Mr. G.C. Byrne, Senior Magistrate
1. 3.64
1. 3.64
29.4.68
Mr. J.G. Wilson,
22. 7.64
22. 7.64
29. 1.69
Senior Magistrate
Mr. E. de B. Bewley,
6. 9.64
6. 9.64
10. 2.69
Senior Magistrate
Mr. F. Addison,
15. 9.64
15. 9.64
20.10.66
Senior Crown Counsel
(
*
Mr. Hooper was appointed as a Magistrate in Hong Kong, on transfer from Basutoland, on 13.2.64, but his seniority reckons from the date of his assumption of duty in Basutoland, i.e. 4.4.61).
3.
Mr. Leathlean is the most senior of the six officers listed in the preceding paragraph, but the Chief Justice does not consider him entirely suited, by virtue of his character and temperament, to the post of Principal Magistrate which requires qualities of tact, leadership, human warmth and understanding, with which Mr. Leathlean is not well endowed.
CONFIDENTIAL