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FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1992

HENRY LITTON APPOINTRO TO COURT OF APPEAL

THAT

MR WITH

HENRY LITTON KFFECT FROM

THE JUDICIARY ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) WILL BE APPOINTED A JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEAL SEPTEMBER 14 THIS YEAR.

MR LITTON WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN AUGUST 1934, MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD WHERE HE WAS AWARDED MASTER OF ARTS THE SCHOOL OF JURISPRUDENCE IN 1954.

AT

EDUCATED

DEGREE AT

IN 1959, HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR AT THE GRAY'S INN IN AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE HONG KONG BAR THE POLLOWING YEAR.

ENGLAND

IN JULY 1970, MR LITTON WAS APPOINTED QUEEN'S COUNSEL. IN 1971, HE WAS APPOINTED JUSTICE OF THE PRACE AND, IN 1987, AN OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE FOR SERVICES TO THE LAW.

HIGH COURT (NOW OCCASIONS SINCE

MR LITTON FIRST SAT AS A COMMISSIONER IN THE CALLED DEPUTY JUDGE) IN 1971 AND HAS DONE SO ON MANY THEN, IN BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES IN THE HIGH COURT.

ASSOCIATION IN HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG BAR 1977-79 AND 1982-84, AND HON SECRETARY IN 1963-64 AND 1967-70.

1971-72.

HE REPRESENTED THE BAR AS HOST TO THE SEVENTH COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE IN 1983, TOGETHER WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY.

OF THE

ADVISORY LECTURER

IN

MR LITTON WAS A MEMBER EDUCATION IN 1976-1991 AND A PART-TIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW IN 1979-1991.

LAW

LKGAL

ON COMMITTEE

LAW, HONG KONG

FROM 1989 TO 1991, MR LITTON WAS THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF REFORM SUB-COMMITTEE ON FRAUD.

THE LAW

APPOINTED ΤΟ PANEL.

WAS IN 1975, MR LITTON LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND HAS CONTINUED TO BECAME CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG

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ARBITRATORS, OF ВЕ A MEMBER UNTIL NOW. HE BRANCH OF JUSTICE IN 1975-76 AND A MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT RULES COMMITTEE IN 1977-1991.

FROM 1987 TO 1990,

MR LITON WAS LEGAL

THE

TO ADVISER

BASIC 44 ADVISERS APPOINTED LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTER. HE WAS ONE OF THE

AFFAIRS TO ADVISE THE HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE ON HONG KONG IN MARCH THIS YEAR.

THE INLAND TOWN PLANNING

REVENUE APPEAL

OF VICE-CHAIRMAN MR LITTON HAS BEEN THE BOARD OF REVIEW SINCE 1986 AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD SINCE 1991.

OF THE

HE HAR REEN

MR LITTON WAS A MEMBER ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRONT,

1974-84. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN CHAIRMAN OF

POLLUT TON

APPEAL BOARD,

BOARD SINCE THE KARTH

WATER

CONTROL,

CONTROL APPEAL BOARD, NOISE CONTROL APPEAL MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, FRIENDS OF SINCE 1986.

AIR

POLLUTION

1990 AND A CHARITY LTD

/MR LITTON