The Judiciary stated today (16th) that the Chief Executive has accepted the proposal of the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal to extend the term of office of non-permanent judge Beverley McLachlin in other common law jurisdictions of the Court of Final Appeal from July 30, 2021. Continue for 3 years.
Ma Jialin is a Canadian national, and has served as the Chief Justice of Canada, the Chairman of the Canadian Judicial Council, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Order of Canada and the Chairman of the National Judicial Academy Council.
In 2018, she was appointed by the Chief Executive as a non-permanent judge in the common law jurisdiction of the Final Court.
After the Hong Kong National Security Act came into effect last year, two non-permanent judges of the Court of Final Appeal have left their posts, namely James Spigelman of Australia and Lady Brenda Hale of Britain.
Some foreign media respectively quoted news saying that Shi Juemin's departure was related to the National Security Law, while He Xiyi had doubts about the implementation of the National Security Law.
The Legislative Council appoints Lin Wenhan as the permanent judge of the final court to urge the review of the overseas judge system. District judge Chen Guangchi was harassed by telephone calls. The Bar Association strongly condemns the violation of the rule of law.
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