FROM:
J C Morris
Hong Kong Department
DATE:
3 April 1991
HKD
ENCI
16 APR 1991
340/4.
CC:
Mr Burns
Miss Brooks, Legal
Advisers
Mr Jox
дох
PS/Lord Caithness
PA
LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE BAR:
BRITISH NATIONALITY PACKAGE
A
Problem
1.
Anthony Scrivener QC, Chairman of the Bar Council has
written to the Secretary of State about the case for
barristers in Hong Kong to be considered within the Nationality Scheme.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that PS/Lord Caithness reply on the lines of
the attached draft. Legal Advisers are content.
Background
3.
Mr Scrivener's point about Hong Kong barristers not
being included in the Scheme is not correct. All barristers will be entitled to apply. What Mr Scrivener is referring
to is the extra points available for employment with a British undertaking. Some solicitors will qualify for
these points but no barristers are able to qualify. This may distort the selection process unfairly against barristers, but the Governor's Steering Committee will be
able to use special circumstances points to correct this
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