22 Dec 2023獨媒#2718
司法機構選定兩終院上訴案下月試行網上直播 可重看但不准使用
The Judiciary announced today (22nd) that it had selected two Court of Final Appeal appeal cases, scheduled for 10 and 16 January next year, for a trial of live-streaming court proceedings online to test the technical feasibility of the arrangements. The public will be able to watch live streams of the two selected cases on the Court of Final Appeal website. The website will subsequently retain the videos for two to three days to facilitate rewatching, but the Judiciary stressed that members of the public, including the media, must not record or use any part of the live streams for any purpose.
司法機構今日（22日）宣布，已選定兩宗明年1月10及16日的終審法院上訴案件，試行在網上現場直播法庭程序，測試現場直播安排的技術可行性。公眾屆時可在終審法院網站觀看該兩宗選定案件的網上直播，網站之後亦會保存影片保存兩至三天以方便重看，但強調公眾包括傳媒不得錄製或使用現場直播片段作任何用途。
15 May 2022法庭線#1990
《法庭線 The Witness》周一（5 月 16 日）將正式運作。
Regardless of whether times are good or bad, court proceedings concern the public interest and are worthy of being documented. The public also has the right to know how trials and verdicts affect their own rights. To fill a gap in court reporting, a group of former court reporters founded the new media outlet The Witness, hoping to continue safeguarding the public’s right to know through faithful recording and reporting from the courts.
不論時代好壞，法庭審訊都攸關公眾利益，過程值得記錄，公眾亦有權知道審訊過程與裁決對自身權利的影響。為了填補法庭報道的空白，一群前法庭記者創立新媒體《法庭線 The Witness》，盼繼續透過在法庭忠實記錄和報道，保障公眾知情權。
30 Mar 2022獨媒#1895
韋彥德、賀知義辭任終院非常任法官 稱不願為港府背書
The Court of Final Appeal currently has 12 overseas non-permanent judges. Chief Executive Carrie Lam has periodically highlighted their presence to emphasise Hong Kong’s judicial independence, but the future of the 12 positions has become uncertain. The UK Supreme Court announced today that its President, Lord Reed, and Deputy President, Lord Hodge, had resigned as non-permanent judges of Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal, with immediate effect. In a statement, Lord Reed said that after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, he had repeatedly weighed the work of the Court of Final Appeal against the national interests of the United Kingdom. He ultimately concluded that continuing to serve would inevitably create the impression that he was endorsing a government moving away from liberal democracy, and decided to resign from his Hong Kong position.
終審法院現時有12名海外非常任法官，特首林鄭不時以此強調香港司法獨立，惟12席法官去留出現變數。英國最高法院今宣布，英國最高法院院長及副院長韋彥德勳爵及賀知義勳爵，辭去香港終審法院非常任法官職務，即時生效。韋彥德在聲明指，《港區國安法》實施後不時權衡終院工作與英國國家利益，最終認為若繼續出任工作，將難免予人感覺正為一個遠離自由民主的政府背書，決定辭去香港的職務。
3 Mar 2021立場新聞#1256
【47 人案】法庭轉播系統開庭前有畫無聲 記者不滿 吳靄儀：不應限制轉播
On the third day of the 47 Defendants Case, the bail hearing continued with television broadcast only. Before the formal hearing began, the television broadcast system in Court 2, where reporters and family members were observing, briefly showed pictures without any sound, prompting dissatisfaction among reporters. Barrister Audrey Eu entered Court 2 and said the arrangement was inappropriate. She said that if the media and public could not enter the main courtroom to observe the proceedings, the sound of the broadcast system should not be restricted, adding that “they wouldn’t do this even in the High Court.”
47 案第三日提堂，保釋聆訊繼續只有電視轉播。在正式開庭之前，在記者及家屬旁聽的第二庭內，電視轉播系統一度只有畫面，沒有任何聲音，引起記者不滿。大律師吳靄儀一度進入第二庭，表示做法不妥，她指如傳媒及公眾不能進入正庭旁聽，則不應限制轉播系統的聲音，並指「喺 High Court（高等法院）都唔會咁」。
Translations are supplied by the source workbook. Consult the original reporting for context.
