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Letters

Your readers will know that recently there have been an number of attacks in the British press and media by politicians and others, some personal, on lawyers from outside Hong Kong who continue to work in your courts (“Queen’s Counsel will not prosecute Jimmy Lai, others after criticism at home”, January 20).
Most recently, a personal attack on David Perry QC by the British foreign secretary is deeply troubling, and I write to say that I know this will worry all in Hong Kong who are proud of the ethics and integrity which underpin your legal system.
I write as a retired English solicitor/judge who had the privilege and honour to work in Hong Kong as a young lawyer in the mid-1960s.
What clearly matters is that the people of Hong Kong continue to receive the best possible service from those who serve in your courts, and I send this to emphasise that lawyers in Britain will do whatever we can to help, not hinder, the rule of law for you and elsewhere.
Jeff Wilner, Manchester


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UK lawyers in Hong Kong have utmost regard for local system

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab criticised a Queen’s Counsel as “mercenary” for taking on a case against nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists. David Perry QC has since dropped the case. Photo: PA Wire

Hong Kong’s outgoing Bar Association chair calls for renewing of contacts – ‘even on a modest level’ – amid chilly relationship with Beijing

Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes recently spoke with the Post about the challenges the group has faced during his tenure. Photo: Nora Tam

Philip Dykes, chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, attends the Ceremonial Opening of Legal Year 2020 at City Hall in Central. 13JAN20 SCMP / Sam Tsang

Former top prosecutor in Hong Kong calls on UK foreign minister to apologise to barrister trying opposition figures

David Perry QC has played a role in the prosecution of several of the most prominent cases in Hong Kong in recent years. Photo: Dickson Lee

Grenville Cross, former Director of Public Prosecutions, poses for a photograph outside the High Court in Admiralty. 10AUG16 SCMP / Jonathan Wong

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Affairs Secretary Dominic Raab walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

Hong Kong has no alternative to ‘laam chau’ and Beijing’s intervention

Kwun Tong industrial district in Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong justice department hires Queen’s Counsel David Perry to prosecute protest case against Jimmy Lai, eight others

Queen’s Counsel David Perry has handled a raft of high-profile Hong Kong prosecutions over the past decade. Photo: Dickson Lee

Former Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (R) and his wife Selina Tsang Pou Siu-mei (L) arrive at High Court. Donald Tsang appeal against the conviction and sentence on his misconduct act. 25APR18. SCMP/ Dickson Lee

3:02PMRally must remain non-violentMedia mogul and owner of pro-democracy broadsheet Apple Daily Jimmy Lai Chee-ying says it is important for the rally to remain non-violent. âElse, we will lose people's hearts,â he says. Lai also says the People's Liberation Army should not be deployed to handle the protests as that will only prompt international sanctions against China.18AUG19

Letters | UK lawyers in Hong Kong have utmost regard for local system