145
DESPATCH
Governor.
No.
2014
1909
27756
3cc9
C.O 27756
TEG 19 AUG 09
Draft Bill to amend the Civil Procedure. Cost
Encloses
st Previous Paper.
covering
A. & E. W.-90968/27-
25000-11-05.
Copy of letter from Chamber of Commerce.
with
comments, report on the subject. Discusses amendment would put the jurors of Hongkong Shanghai
on a
equal footing
M. Shibbs.
with reference to treaty by Joe
The despatch sets out at some length the
reasons pro and cons of the 53
ordinances.
The position is that everybody except the
judges
wants to resist to the ordinary system
by which either party
trial by jury
against
A
Can
obtain
right.
the change is stated & 15 Company
+ practically
(1) The change made in or brought the U.K.
practice into line with H.K.
objections Paper (2) either party is free to apply & sing when
the judge thought such a move of