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THE BAR AND BENCH PETITIONS; HONG KONG
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1. To consider how the Secretary of State should reply to two
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petitions, one from the Hong Kong Bar Association (the Bar Petition)
and one from a group of two District Judges and eight Magistrates.
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the judicial officers petition) about the issue of appointments
from the Hong Kong Bar to senior judicial posts in Hong Kong.
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2. The position is complicated by the fact that approval has been
given to the creation of two new posts of Buisne Judge, and the
Governor recommends appointment to one of them of a member of the
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Hong Kong Bar, Mr Jackson-Lipkin.
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3. In November 1970 it was agreed that, "even where there was
a Service candidate suitable for promotion to the Supreme Court
Bench, it might occasionally be desirable to advance someone from
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Such appointments would of course be very exceptional".
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Governor has now recommended that this should be done by the appoint-
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ment of Mr Jackson-Lipkin.
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4. However, Mr Jackson-Lipkin was admitted to the Hong Kong Bar in
1963 and took up residence in Hong Kong in September 1969. He is
professionally very able and is very highly regarded by all the
Supreme Court judges, but his establishment in Hong Kong as an able
and successful practitioner and his display of "know-all" characteristics
has excited a good deal of jealousy among some members of the Bar, who
are likely to resent his appointment to the Bench.
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