Two senior justices resign due to political situation in former British colony
Pressure is increasing on the last remaining British judges who sit on Hong Kong’s top court to resign, after two senior justices stepped down last week because of the “political situation” in the former British colony.from Hong Kong’s court of final appeal on Thursday. Collins cited the “political situation in Hong Kong” in a brief statement about his departure.. Hong Kong “is slowly becoming a totalitarian state”, he wrote, in the Financial Times.
“If he had any shred of credibility left … he would immediately resign,” said Sabah, who also called for the resignations of Hoffmann and Phillips. Overseas non-permanent judges have been a fixture of Hong Kong’s legal system since the handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997. They are seen as lending prestige and expertise to Hong Kong’s judiciary, with several current and former members of the UK supreme court having served in Hong Kong.
In the last financial year, Phillips and Collins were engaged in Hong Kong’s top court. They ruled on appeals relating to theft, legal aid and a commercial dispute. A spokesperson for Hong Kong’s judiciary said that its “operation will not be affected by any change in membership of the court”
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