2016年8月6日星期六

Mentally Unfit 的法官

Top judge scolded for ‘shocking and disgraceful’ behaviour ‘mentally unfit’ to face disciplinary inquiry

Mr Justice Peter Smith has been “signed off sick”


A High Court judge, whose letter to a top QC was branded “shocking and disgraceful” by the Court of Appeal, is unable to defend himself at a disciplinary inquiry because he is “mentally unfit”, according to a report this morning.

Judge Peter Smith, 64, penned an astonishing letter toBlackstone Chambers’ head Anthony Peto QC back in December 2015, in which the top judge pledged that he “will no longer support” the well-respected public law set.

The letter — which circulated Twitter before hitting the national press — was branded “shocking and disgraceful” in a Court of Appeal ruling in the case ofHarb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, which Smith had originally presided over and in which Blackstone Chambers had represented the losing party. A £20 million award made by Smith was set aside by Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson, and a retrial was subsequently ordered.

Now, according to a report in The Times (£), the top judge is “understood to be mentally unfit to defend himself in a disciplinary inquiry”. The newspaper further claims that Smith “has been signed off sick and may never return to work.”

As well as the highly critical letter, the Judicial Conduct and Investigations Office (JCIO) is also considering a complaint in relation to the Chancery judge’s handling of a case involving British Airways (BA).

During a separate hearing, Smith embarked on his — now infamous — ‘lost luggage rant’, complaining his suitcase went missing during a BA flight back from Italy.

A spokesperson for the judiciary said:

Mr Justice Smith has agreed to refrain from sitting at the present time.

Refusing to confirm whether Smith was “mentally unfit”, a spokesperson for the JCIO said:

The JCIO investigation into the BA matter is continuing.

(2/8/2016 The Legal Cheek)

對上一次評論Peter Smith是兩個半月前寫的這一篇: 行李引起的司法風波。英國司法機構都算爽手, 紀律聆訊一下子就到位, 值得香港醫委會借鏡, 如果不用三、五、七年才對醫生進行紀律聆訊, 最近醫委會的修例就不用因拉布而拉倒了。Peter Smith下馬, 紀律聆訊因他mentally unfit而辦不成, 理由是真是假, 可能精神科醫生也評估不到。從他這件事的言行來看, 我覺得他一定是judicially unfit, 他的行為完全不能展示高級司法人員的應有質素, 我真的有點訝異。這mentally unfit的講法, 其實是下馬的下台階, 為英國司法機構留點情面, 就當他精神健康出問題作為幌子蒙混過去, 用了比罷官好聽一點的理由, 減輕司法機構的污斑。話時話, 香港司法機構有紀律聆訊嗎? 專揭陰私的傳媒都無本事揭出來, 可見這種大內機密冚得幾實。我沒有任何暗示, 甚麼也不知, 不要胡思亂想。真的是mentally出問題而墮樓的Simon, 已是好幾年前的事了, 想起也使人唏噓。

22 則留言:

  1. 香港媒體唔係唔想查,只不過想放過班人而已...

    正如當年成龍隱瞞自己已經結了婚兼有了孩子,你估班記者唔知咩...只不過當年班記者厚道而隱瞞而已,當然,佢搞第二個女人被揭發出來就另一回事了...

    香港如是,美國也如是...你估果兩位總統候選人無衰野咩...只不過一爆出黎就分分鐘連國家體制都會動搖的話,大家負得起個後果嗎?

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    1. 香港傳媒有甚麼會放過? 別開玩笑。

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    2. 香港傳媒當然有一定既會放過!!! 標少別開玩笑。

      例如:
      1) O=永遠不提與原始毒商的關係
      2) A=永遠不提L應該為佔中負責任
      3) A=會唔會去被問L會否佔中後自首? L縮骨答跟大隊

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    3. 要揭法官醜事, 東方首先就會亢奮。

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    4. 現在最亢奮首要揭上海仔同南亞人醜事, 上海仔同南亞人整大字報得罪東方老細。

      香港傳媒當然有一定既立場和放過!!!

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    5. 那要看閣下怎樣定義“傳媒”/“媒體”了。現在差不多每個人手上的手機都可以上網,他們寫甚麼也不乏讀者,合意的就分享出去,亦可隨意加上一腳。(我早就說過)這些人已經在"查"了。

      PHLI

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    6. 例如:
      1) O=永遠不提與原始毒商的關係
      2) A=永遠不提L應該為佔中負責任
      3) A=會唔會去被問L會否佔中後自首? L縮骨答跟大隊」

      五毛,不如你話中共黨媒,一定不提中共六四殺人,一定不提習近平家人有外國護照,一定不提中共所有殺人放火之醜事

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    7. 好過你一毛不值,討論就拉其他野來人身攻擊,我都唔睇中央黨媒既,咁沉悶既媒體報導都係留比你呢D假香港人慢慢睇飽佢。

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    8. 對付討論者竟然就屈人係五毛,有人無恥得過呢個匿名2016年8月9日 下午7:44, 仲有乜都話人5毛的入數,同中共一樣有得揮!!!

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  2. 不過mentally unfit都有好多種,唔一定係跳樓.好似Peter Smith咁搞法,可能都算係mentally unfit既一種?

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    1. I would say Peter Smith is judicially unfit. The letter he wrote plus the behaviour in court show how disgraceful he could be. Mentally he does not have the flair and temperament to sit on the bench.

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  3. 年輕大狀李偉豪接受51歲律師樓女文員女友所提供的款項,真係.........

    在法律界打滾逾20年、月入1.8萬元的51歲律師樓女文員,今在區域法院承認稱因中年危機,希望有錢充實生活,在16個月內偷去律師樓共逾260萬元,而且把偷來的一半盜款供給年輕男大狀交租及生活。法官判刑時指,不猜測該名年輕大狀李偉豪(譯音)為何會接受月薪只有1.8萬元的被告所提供的款項,認為被告將一半盜款供對方使用,是不合邏輯並已失去理性思考能力,最終判被告入獄30個月。

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    1. 真係……

      好艱難架, 又要交租又要行頭, 極需要援助, 交多啲可以援助嘅朋友囉。

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    2. 根據非正式統計, 大概40%執業1-3年的大律師交租後淨收入不到$20,000每月。

      source: http://stealjobs.com/%E9%97%9C%E6%B3%A8%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%B9%B4%E8%BC%95%E5%A4%A7%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%AB%E6%94%B6%E5%85%A5/

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    3. 我仲以為係美國律師先要考的士牌,估唔到連香港律師都咁慘.
      令我諗起幾年前有醫生律師打上電台同前特首講,唔夠錢買樓.

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    4. 仲想買樓, 要揾個古井先得, 唔係涸井。

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    5. Li Wai Ho is a tenant at Baskerville Chambers, whose head is Kevin Egan.

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    6. No wonder the defendant was represented by Egan.

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  4. 接受左100萬轉賬及代交租.......
    如何追?

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    1. 不是接贜, 是接粧/髒, 唔係話嘔番出嚟咩? 用咗嗰啲, 食咗嗰啲疴番出嚟都唔得喇!

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    2. 律政艷聞錄 細數行內風流

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