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of the Labour Tribunal and the Chief Adjudicator of the Small Claims Tribunal should be paid at District Judge level. I do not think I

could justify a recommendation on such grounds for more pay for the Coroner. The President of the High Court should have the status and

pay of a Justice of Appeal. I would pay the President of the Court of Appeal somewhere between the Chief Justice and Justice of Appeal pay points. The President of the District Court should be paid as a High Court Judge and his assistant between the District and High Court

levels.

13.

The presiders will normally sit as full-time judges of their courts and their special responsibilities will include :-

(1) consultation with judges and administrators

within their courts and with the Administrator

for the Judiciary with a view to advising the

Chief Justice about the need for and use of

judicial time;

(2) control of listing and listing policy and

giving full access to themselves by those

responsible for listing;

(3) providing the judges with judicial leadership; (4) discovering and expressing the legitimate

concerns of the judges;

(5) advising the Chief Justice on the policies of

the Judiciary;

(6) furthering the policies of the Judiciary;

(7) membership of the Chief Justice's Advisory

Group (as to which see below).

Independence of the Judiciary

14.

Whilst I have

“..་

assumed the independence of the Judiciary

throughout my study and am not

not inquiring into it perception of the concept is highly relevant to the Hong Kong Judiciary's view of its own

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