Ex-top judge: HK judiciary needs radical cultural change
4 years, 3 months ago

Ex-top judge: HK judiciary needs radical cultural change

China Daily  

Fire erupts at the entrance of the High Court Building after rioters firebombed the courthouse on Dec 8, 2019. Two High Court judges ruled the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, invoked to introduce the anti-mask law, was incompatible with the new "constitutional order" established after June 1997 for Hong Kong. And every time the High Court judges on the frontline of judicial review cases purport to apply the Basic Law, the act potentially makes a dent in Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy, Litton said. The repeated statements by the association come with "an unspoken agenda", in Litton's opinion, which is that a "high degree of autonomy" means that the central government has no sovereign powers over Hong Kong. He advised the judiciary to adopt a shift in mindset as it needs radical cultural change to "render the system fit for purpose again" and to "re-energize the common law and make it relevant to Hong Kong's circumstances".

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