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3.
As regards the work of the Court of Appeal,
you are aware that according to present arrange-
ments it is proposed to take up later on, the
question of appointing one of the Judges of His
Majesty's Supreme Court of China and Korea to be
a member of the Court.
4. It has occurred to me, however, that
there is another method of meeting the present
situation with regard to the Appeal work other
than those suggested in the previous correspondence
on the subject. That method lies in abolishing
altogether the intermediate Court of Appeal as et
present constituted and in allowing Appeals to
le direct from the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
This procedure would presumably involve the
hearing of the less difficult cases by one Judge,
as at present, and the more complex cases before
the Full Court of two Judges.
5. It may, of course, be the case that
the cost of appeals to the Privy Council would
be a serious obstacle in the way of this
suggestion. But I shall be glad if you will
confidentially consult confidentially, the Attorney General,
with regard to it, and furnish me with an
expression of your views in the light of the
advice which he gives .
I have &c.,
(Sgd.)
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