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3, YOUR PARAS 1-3. WE AGREE TO LEAVE THE POST OF SENIOR PUISNE JUDGE VACANT FOR THE TIME BEING. ON THE PROPOSAL TO APPOINT BABER TO WHAT WOULD IN EFFECT BE AN ADDITIONAL POST OF PUISNE JUDGE, WE SUGGEST IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DEFER THIS UNTIL THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OUTSIDE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED LATER THIS YEAR, SINCE AN OUTSIDE APPOINTMENT WOULD BE MORE ACCEPTABLE IF ACCOMPANIED BY ONE FROM WITHIN THE SERVICE.

4. ARE WE RIGHT IN THINKING THAT ON THE CREATION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL AND ASSUMING THE ABOLITION OF THE POST OF SENIOR PUISNE JUDGE THE TOTAL STRENGTH OF THE NEW HIGH COURT WOULD BE 9 PUISINE JUDGESHIPS?

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