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Henry Denis Litton CBE, GBM (Chinese: 烈顯倫; born 7 August 1934) is a retired judge in Hong Kong.
26 de nov. de 2020 · Henry Litton has been a central legal figure in Hong Kong for many decades. He co-founded the Hong Kong Law Journal 50 years ago and had a successful career at the Bar (where he chaired the Bar Association seven times) before joining the Judiciary and rising to its highest levels.
22 de sept. de 2023 · The Human Rights Industry found its first roots in 1991 when the Hong Kong Bills of Rights Ordinance was enacted, based on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): a treaty subscribed to by over 100 countries, as diverse as Iceland, Turkey and Japan.
6 de jul. de 2021 · Henry Litton, a retired judge of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal, said on Monday the West’s repeated accusations about the National Security Law for Hong Kong are “so far from the reality”....
26 de may. de 2021 · Henry Litton served seven terms as Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar and was made Queen’s Counsel in 1970. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1992 and to the newly established Court of Final Appeal on 1 July 1997.
14 de may. de 2021 · Retired judge Henry Litton has defended Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law, saying it was reasonable to include a provision allowing Beijing to exercise jurisdiction in...
28 de jul. de 2021 · Henry Litton provides a withering review of a case involving certain personal hygiene and appearance procedures applied within prisons in Hong Kong. In March 2012, Leung, Kwok Hung was convicted of a criminal charge before a magistrate.
