Hong Kong’s legislature passed a legal amendment on Wednesday to prevent foreign lawyers working on national security cases, a restriction critics say will undermine fair trials and the right of defendants to choose their lawyers.The amendment enshrines in law a ruling from China’s top lawmaking body last December that Hong Kong courts must get the approval of the city’s leader before admitting a foreign lawyer without Hong Kong qualifications for national security cases.
The use of foreign lawyers by both prosecutors and defense has long been part of the rule of law traditions in the former British colony and…
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CanadaAs the culture wars seep into various institutions, law societies have hardly been immunePublished May 01, 2023 • 4 minute readToronto’s Osgoode Hall, home of the Law Society of Ontario. Photo by Stan Behal/Postmedia/FileArticle content
In the fight for control of the Law Society of Ontario, a slate of progressive candidates held the line against a group positioning themselves as the “anti-woke” alternative in board elections.Advertisements 2This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but your article continues below.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS
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