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HUD 373/1
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MR JUSTICE BARKER
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STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
FROM: CO Hum
Hong Kong Department
DATE:
22 March 1988
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1. When I was in Hong Kong last week the Governor gave me the attached
letter enclosing, for the record, papers concerning the case of
Mr Justice Barker.
Kank you
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2.
You may wish to be aware of them, and possibly to take copies for
your files, although the case is now satisfactorily resolved. The papers
tahen copers, speak volumes about the respective attitudes of the former Chief Justice
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11 Yes. For i particular 4t Sentier I para 3 of Enclosure (iv)
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Yes, I got similer impression If a number if differences when
I called on him.
en
in Januay.
I recall
ominous wordlo
from Jackson-
Liphin
and his successor.
3. While I was in Hong Kong I paid a courtesy call on the new Chief
Justice. At my invitation he described what he saw as the main tasks
before him. He made it clear that on almost every subject he did not
see eye-to-eye with Sir D Roberts.
4. Mr Justice Yang said that one of his major preoccupations would be
to restore the prestige of the Hong Kong judiciary. He expressed great
relief that Mr Justice Barker was on the way out. But he added rather
ominously that he regarded two or three other members of judiciary as not
entirely reliable. I thought I should relay the last comment to the
Governor, who looked perturbed.
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