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Land

Misce

In excent Memorandum

CC

382

the Constitution and Pro...

cedure of the Supreme Court of that Colony,

has led to this correspondence, in consequence of the feeling which prevails at Hongkong that it would be very desirable that the Court should, in a certain class of Cases, have Power to grant Special leave to Appeal to ... although the sum in dispute might be below the present Appellable limit.

The particular cases to which I refer are those which involve important questions of constitutional and international Law, and in which there is reason to believe, from previous decisions, that special leave would be granted to Appeal by the Judicial Committee itself.

Cases of this description arise frequently in Hongkong, as in other British Possessions owing to its close proximity to the mainland of China, to the exceptional nature of the relations between that Empire and Foreign Countries, and to the Rationalities represented in the Colony.

It appeared to ...

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Land Misce In excent Memorandum CC 382 the Constitution and Pro... cedure of the Supreme Court of that Colony, has led to this correspondence, in consequence of the feeling which prevails at Hongkong that it would be very desirable that the Court should, in a certain class of Cases, have Power to grant Special leave to Appeal to ... although the sum in dispute might be below the present Appellable limit. The particular cases to which I refer are those which involve important questions of constitutional and international Law, and in which there is reason to believe, from previous decisions, that special leave would be granted to Appeal by the Judicial Committee itself. Cases of this description arise frequently in Hongkong, as in other British Possessions owing to its close proximity to the mainland of China, to the exceptional nature of the relations between that Empire and Foreign Countries, and to the Rationalities represented in the Colony. It appeared to ...
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Land

Misce

In

excent Memorandum

CC

382

the Constitution and Pro

седиме

the Supremes

that Colony,

Court

of

ven lined

Suggestion

ہے

make the

which has led

to thie's correspondence,

in

Con quence

of the feeling

which prevails at Roughing that it would be very

the

Court

certain class

desirable that should, in of Cases, have Power

Cher

grant Special leave Appeal

to

ہے

although the sun

be

in dispute might below the present Appellable

limit.

The particular cases to

which I refer

which

are

those

involve important

questions of constitutional

and

international Law, and

in which there is reason to

believe, frons previous de. cisions, that special denve

would be granted to Appeal

by the sredicial Committee. itself.

Cases of this description

arise

he are

Hingkong

frequently in

thia

Z

in other

to

British Possessions owing to its close proximity the mainland of China

to the exceptional nature the relation's between

thal Empire.

Counties,

Variety of

lokich

cute

Foreign

and to the Rationalities.

represented

in the Colony. It appeared to

theat

jak" Sp

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