Warren Pyke The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA), whose latest addition is Sir William Young, is composed of a panel of five judges, comprising the chief justice, three permanent judges and one non-permanent judge, who may be either from Hong Kong or overseas. The inclusion of overseas non-permanent judges was intended to sustain confidence in the territory’s legal system and its commitment to the common law tradition. The non-permanent judges fly into Hong Kong to hear specific cases,...
