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MAY I ASK YOU TO CONFIRM THAT YOU SEE NO OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSAL THAT A PERMANENT COURT OF APPEAL SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED. WE INTEND TO RE-CONSTITUTE THE SUPREME COURT IN TWO DIVISIONS, A HIGH COURT AND A COURT OF APPEAL. THE COURT OF APPEAL WILL CONSIST OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND TWO APPEAL JUDGES, WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO SIT AT FIRST INSTANCE IN THE HIGH COURT ALSO. WE THINK THAT THE CHANGES CAN BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AMENDMENT OF THE LETTERS PATENT.
MACLEHOSE
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LEGAL ADVISERS
GIB & G D
SIR D WATSON MR YOUDE
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ODA
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