The Challenges Facing Hong Kong's Legal System: Former Judge Henry Litton

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Is the common law, as practised in the courts today, fit for purpose? Are the courts currently adhering to the policy of One Country, Two Systems? What might be the consequences if they are not? These are the key questions raised by judge Henry Litton in his new book 'The Dance of Folly', and in this FCC Zoom event the speaker explains how a culture of verbosity, philosophising and an unwavering reliance on counsel’s arguments, developed by the courts over the past 20-odd years, has smothered a previously effective legal system. Moderated by FCC Journalist Governor Clifford Buddle.



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