It's a ruling that may leave some solicitors tearing their hair out. The city's top judge, Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li (pictured), has refused their request to be allowed to wear wigs -...
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- May 22, 2013
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9 Apr 2013
Hong Kong's top judge says the rule of law will be affected if the government seeks a Basic Law interpretation from Beijing after the Court of Final Appeal turned down a request to seek one itself...
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26 Mar 2013
The Court of Final Appeal ruled that foreign domestic helpers were not considered "ordinarily residents" because they had entered Hong Kong under highly restrictive conditions.
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24 Mar 2013
A robust defence of the judiciary and its independence by Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li and Justice Michael Hartmann is a good antidote to recent warnings about threats to its integrity and...
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23 Mar 2013
The job of Hong Kong's "fearless judiciary" is to reach well-reasoned - not popular - decisions on cases, even those covering controversial issues such as immigration, the city's top judge says....
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26 Feb 2013
The Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday refused an application by an eight-year-old girl born locally to mainlanders to join the right of abode challenge mounted by foreign domestic helpers.
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A Harvard graduate in his mid-30s is urging the Court of Final Appeal to re-assess his ex-wife's claim for maintenance payments which he said would burden his wealthy parents.
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Common law should remain the basis of Hong Kong's legal system beyond 2047, the end of the 50-year guarantee stated in the Basic Law, the city's top judge says.
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Some lawyers have huge egos while some judges need to develop more of a "human touch".
The verdict was delivered by Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li, who added that he didn't see himself as...
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Judges, in Hong Kong and elsewhere, are supposed to remain above the rough and tumble of politics and, when controversy whirls around them, they remain calm and, yes, judicious. Certainly, they do...
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Litigation over the right of abode may be a prime concern in legal circles, but Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li has another headache to work on: should solicitors be allowed to wear wigs in court...
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Criticism by former justice minister Elsie Leung Oi-sie of Hong Kong judges will not influence the decisions of courts, according to the city's top judge.
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