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Hongkong, 3rd August, 1917.
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The Committee of the Hongkong Law Society have consider-
ed your letter of the 4th instant (No. 3272/1917) and the letter
from His Honou the Chief Justios of which you forwarded & oopy,
asking for the views of the Soolety on the proposed amalgamation
of the two branches of the legal profession.
2. My Committee are unanfously of the opinion that such
amalgamation is not desirable in the interests either of the
publio or of the legal profession.
3. The proposal arises out of the delay caused in the progress of litigation in the Courts owing to the abnormal length of a case
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now in course of hearing.
4.
Whilst admitting the delay, my Committee is of opinion
that such delay is largely due to the busty dilatory naturs
of the hearing, the latitude allowed to Counsel both in arguing
points of law, and in examining witnesses, and the undue leniency
of the Court in granting repeated adjournments for purely
personal reasons.
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In England it is not at all unusual for leading Counsel
to be engaged in cases proceeding in two different Courts at the
same time, but this circumstance is not allowed to delay either
hearing, as Junior Counsel carry on the case in the absence of
the leader.
6. In Hongkong Counsel appear to be imbued with the idea
that it is necessary for at least four Counsel to be in Court
during the whole of ovary trial: this idea leads to a great waste
of time by both the Bar and the Court.