Politics & Society
Serving two masters
October 2007: China’s courts have made progress but certain institutional problems remain
About 10 years ago, a lawyer with a major firm in Hong Kong was involved in a case over the mainland boundary in Shenzhen. She arrived at court one day and was surprised to find that the judge had been replaced – and his replacement looked oddly familiar.
“Eventually she realized it was the previous judge’s driver,” recalled Stuart Valentine, a partner in the Hong Kong office of Mallesons Stephen Jaques. “He had clearly received no legal training...
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