Australian former judge James Spigelman quit the Court of Final Appeal. Hong Kong University law expert Eric Cheung has described the resignation of an Australian judge from the SAR's top court as "worrying" and said it was a "wake-up call" for the government, RTHK reports. The comments come after the government announced in a gazette published on Friday that Spigelman had stepped down from the Court of Final Appeal earlier this month. No reason was given for the resignation, but Australian broadcaster ABC reported that Spigelman told them he resigned for reasons "related to the content of the national security legislation". On Saturday, the Chief Executive’s Office dismissed suggestions that the resignation was over the national security law, saying that he "did not give any reasons for his resignation."

Source: The Standard September 21, 2020 06:00 UTC