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(We subsequently discovered that the proposal to appoint an
HILILLY (0) Appeal Judge was dropped at the request of Mr Oswald Cheung).
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6. There was then an exchange of letters between Sir Leslie
Monson and the Governor; and in his letter of 5 May 1970
the Governor explained that the proposal to create an Appeal
Judge had been shelved and that he had no immediate intention
of reactivating it. He suggested however that the proposal
be looked at again after a few years "when four of the present
substantive judges will all have reached retirement age".
7
The retirement age for judges in Hong Kong is 62. Sir
Ivo Rigby will be 62 on 2 June 1973 and Mr Blair Kerr, the
Senior Puisne Judge, will reach that age on 1 December 1973.
The next oldest judge of the Supreme Court is Mr Justice Briggs
who was born on 6 May 1914.
8.
Mr Rushford has seen the Governor's telegram No 136 Saving
but when he commented in his minute to Miss Kelly of 13 March
he did not have before him all the back papers. The ODA
have no comments.
11 April 1972
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Mr Wilford
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E-O Laird
Hong Kong Department
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