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which is improbable. His Lordship hopes that it may be
possible for Mr. Churchill to agree to this arrangement. Should,
however,
it be considered impossible to accept this propo mai,
the amount of time which it would be necessary for the Chief Justice to spend at Shanghai could be reduced, either by limiting the class of cases in which there would be a right to a court of three judges, or by providing that the Chief Justice should not sit to hear appeals from the assistant judge. This arrangement would be less satisfactory,
especially as it is not desired to accentuate any difference of status between the judge and assistant judge, but would, at any rate, remove the worst features of the present system.
6. Hie Lordship would propose that the provision in the new order in council by which the proposed arrangements should be made should be based on article 4(1) of the Egypt (Amendment) Order in Council, 1921, and that the Chief Justice should not be mentioned by name. This might make it possible to make special arrangements for a case where the Chief Justice was unable to sit, but another competent lawyer happened to be
His Lordship would also propose that the arrangements
as to the remuneration of the Chief Justice and as to precedence between him and the judge should be the same as those at present in force in relation to the judge as a member of
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the Court of Appeal at Hongkong.
7. Mr. Churchill will no doubt desire to consult the government of Hongkong as to the proposed arrangements, but His Lordship would be glad if, in order to save time, Mr.
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