A proposed overhaul of Hong Kong’s legal aid system that some fear could curtail government critics’ access to quality representation may be implemented as early as the end of the year, with authorities standing by their decision not to hold mass consultations on the changes.The city’s two biggest legal bodies said on Tuesday that they were given little time to study the contentious proposal, which would, among other things, do away with the ability of indigent defendants to pick their own…
READ SOURCE