CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11] — Page 251

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Nothing has happened snice

the Secision to take no

further action

initel Sir FPiggott retins, except

54 Days is obir

care

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obviously

argument.

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and such

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As regards to the Appeal

Court - I don't see

should haur

to

Sir F Piggott

why a monopoly in Hongkong

токорову

ні

hares. I would thenfor suggest

overruled by the Final Court of Appeal. In Hongkong, if ordinary

med by

cases

now

and obviously

once

win tried befor

both judges,

one

judige

Sifficult

ones

a

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the Full Court of

Fon't see

why

appeals should not be sinct to the Privy Council

al

H

23/12

!

that one

out

way

F

is

to abolish

the Sufficulty Appeal Court

altogether between the ordmary sittings of the Supreme Ct and the Privy Council. Sir F Peggott is foud

& then of invoking mauritian precedents,

appeal from the original

then is

no

of the Suprime

jurisdiction of the

CE

Except

to the Privy Council. Except in Assize (cominal)

cases,

suits

an

heard befon 2 (or

in important matters 13) Suprime

Judges

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*

then is

I hav

neury

CF

local appeal

been able to

understand the advantage to anyone

a

Except the legal profession - of series of Appeal Courts, the intermediate ones appear to exist.

to have their judgments

mainly

ary

pass diction

11

Mr. Cor

Mi. A...Harding's suggestion seas to t he

lay mind { on which Sir ..Piggott pours such

scathing contempt.) an excellent one. Both the ..

and the Puisse Judge would be much relieved by the

abolition of the local appeal court, and the present

appeal from one Judge to two only seems to me act

worth having except from the coint of view of the

legal profession.

Acc

30/12

(with the provision for a lury whenevA.

desired to decide questions of fact, and with

ect appeal to the Privy Council on pacts of law.

1

S

I don't think Piggott would be anla to do much

dir-!

more harn and he couldn't ove rule his colleague's

decisi

tonga

23

under the present system of local

toneal i

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