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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987
THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT REJECTED THE PROPOSAL OUTRIGHT DECIDED TO RESERVE ITS FINAL VIEW UNTIL IT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED JUDICIARY, THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS ID OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES COMMUNITY, MR THOMAS SAID.
HE ALSO SAID MANY OF THE PROVISIONS IN THE BILL WERE MAKING MORE EFFICIENT USE OF JUDICIAL MANPOWER.
BUT
HAD
BY THE THE
IN
AIMED AT
IN
WHICH APPEAL WHERE
THAT THE RANGE OF CASES THE FIRST PROVISION WAS
THE USUAL
COURTS OF THREE-MEMBER, TWO-MEMBER, RATHER THAN MIGHT SIT TO DETERMINE APPEALS WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THOSE CASES THE PARTIES AGREED THAT A TWO-MEMBER COURT WAS SUFFICIENT, OF THE MEMBERS OF A THREE-MEMBER COURT WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE, AND OTHER CATAGORIES OF CASES PRESCRIBED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
WHERE ONE ΤΟ
TO APPEAL ΤΟ ANOTHER PROVISION WOULD REQUIRE A PARTY SEEKING
TRIBUNAL THE COURT FROM A STATUTORY TRIBUNAL (SUCH AS THE IMMIGRATION
OBTAIN LEAVE то APPEAL FROM THE AND THE LANDS TRIBUNAL) FIRST TO COURT, THEREBY WEEDING-OUT SOME UNMERTORIOUS APPEALS, HE SAID.
ARE
TO INTENDED
EFFECT HOUSEKEEPING "OTHER AMENDMENTS ORGANISATIONAL CHANGES WITHIN THE SUPREME COURT," HE SAID.
AND
то PERMIT THE CHIEF FIRSTLY, PROVISIONS WOULD BE INTRODUCED JUSTICE TO APPOINT ONE OR MORE JUSTICES OF APPEAL AS "VICE PRESIDENTS" TO HEAD THE THREE DIVISIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEAL.
CHANGE THE COURT'S NAME FROM SECONDLY, THE BILL WOULD ALSO "THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE" TO "THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG".
THIRDLY, THE BILL WOULD PROVIDE
THAT ONLY PERSONS WHO WERE THE SUPREME COURT MIGHT BE QUALIFICATION FOR
QUALIFIED TO BE APPOINTED AS JUDGES OF APPOINTED AS CHIEF JUSTICE. PRESENTLY THERE WAS NO THAT IMPORTANT OFFICE.
MR THOMAS SAID
MOST
OF
THE
PROVISIONS CLARIFY AND IMPROVE THE PRACTICE OF THE COURT.
WILL
OF
THE
BILL
WOULD
ΤΟ OVERCOME EXISTING DEBTOR'S
ΤΟ PROPERTY
BE POWER то
то
BE USED IN EXISTING COMMON
"THE BILL
INTRODUCE PROVISIONS
A ORDER DEFECTS IN THE COURT'S POWER TO CHARGED AS SECURITY FOR HIS DEBTS, TO GRANT THE COURT WIDER
A THIRD BY
PARTY DEBTOR ATTACH MONIES OWED TO A PAYMENT OF THE DEBTOR'S (REDITORS, AND TO CODIFY THE LAW GOVERNING THE COURT'S POWER TO PROVIDE RELIEF OF LEASES WHEN A TENANT HAS FAILED TO MR THOMAS SAID.
AGAINST FORFEITURE PAY RENT ON THE DUE DATE,
ARCHAIC REMEDIES WIDER. MORE FLEXIBLE
FURTHERMORE, A NUMBER OF LEGAL ANOMALIES AND WOULD BE ABOLISHED. THE COURT WOULD BE GIVEN A POWER TO AWARD INTEREST ON CLAIMS FOR DEBT OR DAMAGES.
THE POWERS
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