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From
Sú Leshi Maison
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Hong Kong Judicial Posts and Appointments
We note from your despatches nos. 157 and 158
of 4 February that Bills including provisions referring
to a new post of Appeal Judge were published but that
when the Bills became Ordinances these provisions
were amitted. We should be interested to know what
you have in mind in respect of the creation of a new
post of Appeal Judge and who you think would be the
best local candidates for such a post were it to be
breated in the near future.
2. We also note from your despatch, reference
1/1749/53 II, of 5 February that you recommend the
appointment of Scholes as Senior Puisne Judge. We
doubt whether Scholes is a suitable candidate for
this post and he is certainly not the best local
candidate. It appears that you think that he would
hot be suitable to act as Chief Justice for any
length of time and we agree with this view. Thus, to
appoint him S.P.J. would raise false expectations
about acting as C.J. that could lead only to general
embarrassment. We have for some time been thinking
that the post of S.P.J. Berves no useful purpose
and is indeed an encumbrance, since' holding the post
to some holdnes
hay give/expectations of succeeding to the Chief
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