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the feeling that they had not been properly
understood. It was not true as suggested in
paragraph 8 of the AGs note that the former CJ
generally supported the changes in jurisdiction.
When he left Hong Kong he told the Star that he
regretted them extremely and had grave doubts about
their necessity.
4.
Rushford asked whether Bar would be satisfied
if accused could elect for trial by jury.
said yes.
Lipkin
Wilford said we would ask you about
shorthand writers. In general we pointed out that
the right channel for discussing administrative
though
matters was with you. Jac
Lipkin had also
discussed these points with Roberts and had been
encouraged to put them up through your channels.
Jackson-Lipkin replied that Roberts had encouraged
the idea of meeting with us.
5. On appointments to the bench Jackson-Lipkin
said that most judges on appointment had no civil
experience. They would benefit on appointment by
a year in UK to gain civil and commercial
experience.
We all knew that two appointments from
the bar were in contemplation, but only those with
a private income or a strong sense of public duty
could contemplate this. Judges salaries were too
low, the retiring age of district court judges and
even supreme court judges was too low, particularly
when judges could not return to the bar. The whole
question of retiring age should be brought up to
date. There was no proper pension for late entrants.
Promotion was still too little on merit.
This was
natural in a civil service, but judges should be
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