Writing in this week's NLJ, columnist Jon Robins notes that he spoke up for the principle
of judicial independence during the Article 50 Supreme Court case last November, when the Daily Mail attacked the judges as «Enemies of the people».
Hong Kong is also proud
of its
judicial independence (it is the leading Asian jurisdiction in this regard, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2017 - 2018), although Mr Justice Fok, Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Court of Appeal, felt driven to provide a strong assertion and defence of the judiciary's independence during the UNCITRAL Asia - Pacific Judicial Summit, following allegations by some commentators that the judiciary had compromised its independence in respect of certain well - publicised cases (not connected with arbit
judicial independence (it is the leading Asian jurisdiction in this regard, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2017 - 2018), although Mr Justice Fok, Permanent Judge
of the Hong Kong Court
of Final Court
of Appeal, felt driven to provide a strong assertion and defence
of the judiciary's
independence during the UNCITRAL Asia - Pacific
Judicial Summit, following allegations by some commentators that the judiciary had compromised its independence in respect of certain well - publicised cases (not connected with arbit
Judicial Summit, following allegations by some commentators that the judiciary had compromised its
independence in respect
of certain well - publicised cases (not connected with arbitration).
During my work on a recent book — «The Impeachment
of Chief Justice David Brock:
Judicial Independence and Civic Populism» (2017), which I wrote with Emeritus Professor John Cerullo — I have looked at the removal
of state judges by impeachment.