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3 - Judges from Other Common Law Jurisdictions on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

from Domestic Drivers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2023

Anna Dziedzic
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Simon N. M. Young
Affiliation:
The University of Hong Kong
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The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region allows judges from other common law jurisdictions to sit on the Court of Final Appeal. Since 1997, one overseas non-permanent judge has sat on the bench of the Court of Final Appeal in nearly all substantive appeals. The chapter provides an overview of the identities of the overseas non-permanent judges over the Court’s 24-year history and outlines how the working practices of the Court have developed to support their involvement in Hong Kong’s judiciary. An assessment of the benefits that overseas non-permanent judges provide the Court of Final Appeal and the contributions they have made to the development of the law and legal system of Hong Kong show that the use of foreign judges in Hong Kong has been highly successful.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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