Patrick Hodge will be appointed a nonpermanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal. Previous NextPatrick Hodge, deputy president of the British Supreme Court, will be appointed a nonpermanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal - the first foreign judge to join the city's highest court after Beijing's enactment of the national security law for Hong Kong. There are four nonpermanent Hong Kong judges and 13 from other common law jurisdictions, with the maximum number of nonpermanent judges set at 30. In hearing and determining an appeal, the Court of Final Appeal is made up of five judges: the chief justice, three permanent judges and one nonpermanent judge from another jurisdiction or - in rare circumstances - a nonpermanent Hong Kong judge. Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung welcomed the selection of Hodge but said nonpermanent judges from other common law jurisdictions are obliged to monitor the rule of law and judicial independence in Hong Kong.

Source: The Standard October 05, 2020 19:07 UTC