Tim Owen’s criminal law lecture at HKU has been canceled at short notice. (Picture: Matrix Chambers)
[Yahoo News Report]Tim Owen, Queen’s Counsel of the United Kingdom, was originally scheduled to deliver a lecture on criminal law at the Centenary Campus of the University of Hong Kong on Friday (November 17) evening. However, the website of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong shows that the lecture has been cancelled. Sources told “Yahoo News” that the School of Law sent an email to lecture participants yesterday (13th), stating that the lecture needed to be canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances”.“Ming Pao” also reportedTim Owen Another private conversation this week at a club in Central has also been cancelled.
“Yahoo News” asked Tim Owen, who is currently in Hong Kong, and he said he would not respond to the incident. “Yahoo News” has also made inquiries to the University of Hong Kong and the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong and is awaiting a reply.
Content of email from HKU School of Law (excerpt):
// We regret to inform you that the HKU-BCC Lecture Series in Criminal Law “Judges, Democracy and the Criminal Law” by Tim Owen LC scheduled for November 17, 2023 at 7:00pm has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. //
Lectures by Tim Owen, is one of the criminal law lecture series of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, with the theme of “Judges, Democracy and the Criminal Law”.held on September 23 last yearThe 5th Criminal Law Lecture, invited the former Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, Geoffrey Ma, to give a lecture. The theme of the lecture was “A Civil Practitioner Enters the World of Criminal Law”. In the lecture that day, Geoffrey Ma traced the development of criminal law over hundreds of years and shared his experience as Chief Judge of the Court of Final Appeal.
The website of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong has indicated that the lecture has been cancelled.
Next Media founder Jimmy Lai is currently remanded in custody on suspicion of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces” in a Hong Kong national security law case. His previous application to be represented by Tim Owen in the defense was approved, and the Department of Justice appealed twice but was rejected. Finally, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee interpreted the Hong Kong National Security Law at the end of December last year, stating that overseas lawyers or barristers who do not have full Hong Kong professional qualifications must obtain a certificate issued by the Chief Executive if they want to defend defendants in national security cases. Book. If the court fails to obtain a certificate from the Chief Executive, the National Security Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will make a judgment and decision. According to the Hong Kong National Security Law, the decisions of the National Security Council are not subject to judicial review and should be respected and implemented by any organization or individual.
2023-11-14 04:52:08
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