Ma, Geoffrey Tao Li 馬道立

Hong Kong judges battle Beijing over rule of law as pandemic chills protestsStatement by Chief Justice
Reuters, 14-Apr-2020
In our view, the subsequent statement by the Chief Justice is not inconsistent with the article.
ERO: one judicial review, two judges
Webb-site has learned that in a very rare move, the Chief Justice has directed that 2 judges sit together in the Court of First Instance to hear the judicial review of the Chief Executive's use of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance. (16-Oct-2019)
CJ Geoffrey Ma: the judiciary is independent and everybody is equal before the law, without exceptionsSpeech by Zhang Xiaoming
HK Court of Final Appeal, 16-Sep-2015
This came after the head of the Central Government's Liaison Office, Zhang Xiaoming, claimed in a speech on 12-Sep-2015 that there is no separation of powers and that the Chief Executive of HK "transcends" the executive, legislature and judiciary.

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