CO129-357 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [7-9] — Page 161

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Chambers, les 19 AUG 09

Supreme Court, Hongkong,

2nd. July, 1909.

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of Your Excellency's letter No. 3070/09, dated 15th. June,

enclosing copy of a letter from the Chamber of Commerce, and en-

»quiring whether the proposed draft bill to amend the Code of

Civil Procedure commends itself to me.

I must first apologise for my delay in

replying to Your Excellency'■ question - but I have been very

busy recently in Court and I wished to have time to think the

måtter over.

As at present advised, I am unable to see

any sufficient reason for the proposed amendment of the law.

The law was altered in 1901, I presume not

only because it was thought advisable to bring our practice into

line with that of the English Courts, but because the legis-

-lature believed that the new procedure was preferable to the

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I would point out that at the present time

under two of the sections objected to, Sections 289 and 291,

either party is entitled to a jury if he so desires.

I do not think it would be advisable to

deprive the Court of the discretion it exercises under Section

290. The result would be that one party could always force a

jury on the other, even where the Judge was convinced that this

procedure would be most unsuitable to the circumstances of the

case.

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Excellency

Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C M.G.,

Governor, &c...

I have etc., (sd.) H. H. J. Gompertz,

Puisne Judge.