ALJAAL
17 MAR 1989
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Thank
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PS/Lord Glenarthur
MP's LETTER
Problem
HKC102/3
From:
A R Paul
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Hong Kong Department
6
Date: 17 March 1989
CC: Mr Gillmore
Mr Edwards, Legal Advisers
Jobert Cart
(P3/hord Mccarthur)
17/3
муста
Maroon
Mr Mar Jans
No20%
A 1. A letter from Charles Kennedy MP, enclosing one from his
constituent, Mr T S H Burns, a Solicitor of Park Street, Dingwall,
Ross-shire.
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that Lord Glenarthur replies on the lines of the
attached draft. The Legal Advisers and the Hong Kong Government
have been consulted.
Background
3. The draft reply is self-explanatory. We cannot help much since this problem is not the responsibility of HMG or the Hong Kong Government. Probate and grants of confirmations are a matter for
the Registrar of the Supreme Court in Hong Kong. But as Mr Kennedy has taken this up with Lord Glenarthur on Mr Burns' behalf, the
Hong Kong Government has asked the Registrar of the Supreme Court to investigate this particular case. The draft reply incorporates the Registrar's reply without comment.
ARRAN
A R Paul