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Mr M J C Waters
PAS (CS) Dev
M 2
HMOCS Arrangements
Thank you for your minute dated 1 May 1993, with
attached notes and the additional material attached to your
memorandum of 10 May 1993.
to
Before giving a full legal opinion I should wish
know why it is thought appropriate for me to advise on a
matter in which the responsibility for both policy and
implementation rests
these
arrangements
ramifications for the
proceedings would be
London and it would
with the UK Government. Although
clearly have serious political Government in Hong Kong, any legal brought against the UK Government in
be for the Treasury Solicitor and
Treasury Counsel to advise the UK Government on the merits
of any possible claim.
3.
That said,
moral arguments in
there are clearly strong political and
favour of following past precedent and
in those circumstances whether judicial review would be
the determining factor when
considering what arrangements and safeguards for HMOCS
officers in Hong Kong are fair and reasonable.
successful
may
not
be
Your Ref : CSB-S/8 III Our Ref
: AGC ADV 589/008 SF (A)
(I'wingfiela)
Crown Solicitor
14.5.93
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