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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1982

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APPOINTMENT OF TWO QUEEN'S COUNSEL

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THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR NEIL KAPLAN AND MR ARJAN SAKHRANI FOR APPOINMENT AS HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL FOR HONG KONG.

MR KAPLAN WAS BORN IN LONDON IN 1942. HE RECEIVED HIS LEGAL EDUCATION AT KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON, WHERE HE RECEIVED AN LL.B. IN 1964. HE WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1965 AND TO THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1981. HE RECEIVED HIS PUPILLAGE IN THE CHAMBERS OF MR LEWIS HAWSER, Q.C., AS THE PUPIL OF MR GREVILLE JANNER, Q.C., M.P.

HE HAD PRACTISED IN LONDON FOR 15 YEARS, WHERE HE BUILT UP A SUBSTANTIAL PRACTICE AND A FINE REPUTATION. HIS PRACTICE CONTAINED BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL MATTERS, WITH SOME SPECIALISATION IN BUILDING AND COMMERCIAL CASES.

HE WAS APPOINTED A DEPUTY PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN THE CHAMBERS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, HONG KONG IN DECEMBER 1980 AND HIS SKILL AND EXPERIENCE HAVE MADE HIM A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THOSE CHAMBERS, UNDERTAKING THE HEAVIER CIVIL CASES IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED.

MR SAKHRANI WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN 1947. HE WAS EDUCATED AT ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, KING GEORGE V SCHOOL AND LA SALLE COLLEGE, FONG KONG.

HE RECEIVED HIS LEGAL EDUCATION AT THE INNS OF COURT AND WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR IN FEBRUARY 1968 AND TO THE HONG KONG BAR IN AUGUST 1968, HE SERVED HIS PUPILLAGE PARTLY IN LONDON WITH MR R. NEVILLE THOMAS, Q.C. AND PARTLY IN HONG KONG WITH MR HENRY LITTON, Q.C.

MR SAKHRANI HAS SERVED SUCCESSFULLY AS A DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION BOARD SINCE 1973. HE HAS ALSO SERVED ON A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES OF THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN ITS AFFAIRS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

HE HAS BUILT UP A GOOD GENERAL PRACTICE, MAINLY IN CIVIL MATTERS AND IS A SOUND, PERSUASIVE ADVOCATE, WHO PRESERVES COURTESY AND TOLERANCE AT ALL TIMES AND IS A CREDIT TO HIS PROFESSION.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE WILL FORMALLY CALL THE NEW SILKS TO THE INNER BAR AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE SUPREME COURT ON MAY 29.

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