TNAG-0398-FCO40-444-Appointments-to-supreme-and-district-courts-from-the-Bar-in--1973 — Page 12

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Registry No. GK

Unclassified

DRAFT TO M.P.

Type 1 +

To:

From

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

Consular

To Be Seen By:

Enclosures:

speaking magistrates but few candidates have

come forward over the last few years and of

those a good many have left the judiciary to

return to private practice. In due course the

Hong Kong Law School will help to improve this

situation but this is unlikely to happen for a

number of years. I understand that almost all

the graduates are seeking to be admitted as

solicitors and the volume of work in private

practice is such that most of the graduates

will for many years hence be absorbed in that

branch of the profession.

Copying Action:

To (Post):

The Chief Justice is of the opinion that the

standard of magistrates in Hong Kong has never

been higher and that their individual professio-

nal experience, which is as follows, is good:

Ofer twenty years

7

1.

2. Over fifteen years

10

3.

Over ten years

20

*Bag By

*Fastest Means

4.

Under ten years

7

*With

Enclosures

*Without

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magistrates

*Report (to the Department)

For *Necessary Action.

*Information

*Delete words not required

I also enclose further details of the magistrates

in Hong Kong which I hope you will find of

(16556) Dd.897198 3m 6/72 G.W.B.Ltd. Gp.863

/interest. (17359) Dd.897485 4m 1/73 G.W.B.Ltd. Gp.863