While raising ‘concerns’ about parts of new security laws imposed on the city by China, Britain’s Supreme Court said it would continue to assess the position of serving UK judges on Hong Kong’s top court in discussion with the UK government.
Under a 1997 agreement, Britain has provided two serving law lords to sit on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
It is a tradition that the presence of senior foreign judges from common law jurisdictions such as the UK to serve on the city’s highest court. It has helped burnish Hong Kong’s reputation as a strong and independent legal hub.
However, the recent imposition of harsh national security laws on the financial hub by China’s Communist Party leaders has raised grave concerns about the city’s legal independence, autonomy and freedoms.
Under the national security laws, China can exercise jurisdiction on some serious cases, and Hong Kong’s leader has the right to designate judges to hear national security cases.
Hong Kong’s number two official, chief secretary, Matthew Cheung, played down Lord Reed’s comments. He indicated that Hong Kong’s judicial independence is “something which we’ll preserve and we value greatly.”

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