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10. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO HONG KONG COULD BE GIVEN SOME UNDERTAKING ABOUT PREFERMENT ON THEIR RETURN TO THE UK AS A FURTHER INDUCEMENT.
MR LEGG SAID THAT HIS DEPARTMENT TRIED AS A RULE TO AVOID PROMISES OF FUTURE PREFERMENT. BUT IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DROP BROAD HINTS THAT IF A CANDIDATE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION ON THE HONG KONG COURT OF FINAL APPEAL, THAT WOULD BE GIVEN FULL WEIGHT ON THEIR RETURN TO THE U K. IN THAT CONNECTION, SOME PLAY COULD BE MADE WITH THE FACT THAT LORD JUSTICE SLYNN RETURNED FROM THE EUROPEAN COURT DIRECT TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
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