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Conf Engard Conf
1909
25th June.
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HONG KONG
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Appeal Court.
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DESPATCH,
C.O.
24978
REGD 26 JUL OC
Suggests that legal power should be taken to enable Gov. to appoint temporarily as Appeal Judge anyone whom he thinks qualified. Despatch is from Amery re suitability of Mr Justice Somervell acting as an Appeal Judge.
M. Rees Davies who ...
An Attorney General of Hong Kong called yesterday spoke very strongly on this question. He says that there is universal complaint in H.K. regarding the inadequacy of the arrangements for appeal considering the amounts often involved.
He told the Gov that he had promised to bring about the change needed as soon as he possibly could to the abandonment of the proposal made by Sir H de Saumarez.
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