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GOVERNOR HONG KONG
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Legal Advisers Mr Wilford Sir D Watson PS Mr Royle Capies to:xx
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THE COURT SYSTEM OF HONG KONG
1. Lord Gardiner, Chairman of the Council of
Justice, came to see Wilford on 24 August,
accompanied by the Secretary of the Council
Mr Sargant and Mr Silkin QC MP and by Messrs Eddis
and Jackson-Lipkin of the Hong Kong branch. The
latter did most of the talking.
2.
Lord Gardiner said they were still concerned
that the new powers of the District Courts would
lower the standard of justice by removing the right
to trial by Jury, by reducing the incidence of legal
aid, by the absence of a shorthand writer, and by
increasing the backlog of cases. More generally
they thought the time had come for a review of the
system of justice, whether or not preceded by a
commission of enquiry from the UK. The present
system was appropriate to a developing colony, but
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