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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1994

HIGH COURT JUDGE APPOINTED

THE JUDICIARY ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT MR JAMES KERR FINDLAY, QC, WILL BE APPOINTED A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 23, 1994.

MR FINDLAY WAS BORN IN 1936 IN SCOTLAND. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1963. HE WAS APPOINTED QUEEN'S COUNSEL IN 1986 AND AWARDED THE HONOUR OF OFFICER OF HER MAJESTY'S MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (OBE) IN 1991 FOR SERVICES TO THE CROWN.

MR FINDLAY

1964.

SERVED AS A MAGISTRATE IN RHODESIA FROM 1961 ΤΟ

HE WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN RHODESIA BETWEEN 1964 AND 1977 BEFORE BEING APPOINTED AS PROCURATOR FISCAL IN SCOTLAND.

IN 1978 HE WAS APPOINTED PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL IN THE LORD ADVOCATE'S CHAMBERS IN LONDON WHERE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DRAFTING OF SCOTTISH LEGISLATION, ADAPTING UNITED KINGDOM LEGISLATION TO SCOTLAND, AND ADVISING THE LORD ADVOCATE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL SCOTLAND.

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IN 1981, MR FINDLAY CAME TO HONG KONG AS A DEPUTY PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL AND WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY LAW DRAFTSMAN WITHIN A YEAR.

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MR FINDLAY BECAME SOLICITOR GENERAL IN 1984 AND THEN DIRECTOR PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS IN 1986. IN 1990, HE ASSUMED DUTIES AS LAW

DRAFTSMAN.

MR FINDLAY SAT AS A DEPUTY JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT FROM MAY 1989 TO APRIL 1990.

MR FINDLAY IS MARRIED WITH THREE DAUGHTERS.

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MR TONY YEN TO ACT AS LAW DRAFTSMAN

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT FOLLOWING THE APPOINTMENT OF MR JAMES FINDLAY AS A HIGH COURT JUDGE, DEPUTY LAW DRAFTSMAN MR TONY YEN WILL ACT AS LAW DRAFTSMAN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

A PROMOTION EXERCISE TO FILL THE POST OF LAW DRAFTSMAN WOULD BE CONDUCTED IN DUE COURSE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT POLICY, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WOULD TRY то FILL THE VACANCY WITH A LOCAL OFFICER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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