Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content “It’s lending prestige to an institution that is not deserving of prestige,” Alford charged in an interview. Article content But others believe the foreign judges are still necessary as a protective bulwark at a troubling time. Philip Dykes, head of the Hong Kong bar association, urged the overseas jurists last year to stay put, telling the Financial Times their high caliber makes them an “ornament” of the system and that a mass departure would tell the world something was “seriously amiss” in Hong Kong. Simon Young, a University of Hong Kong law professor, echoed his concerns.

Source: National Post August 02, 2021 19:06 UTC