legal system, focusing particularly on the misuse of judicial reviews in recent years. He also argued that courts ought not serve as a “debating chamber” to challenge government policy. Litton is known to be a great advocate of environmentalism; his wife Linda Siddall was a founder and Director of Friends of the Earth (HK) and Litton himself its patron. He is also an avid player of tennis. Litton's son John continues the family's legal eminence, practising at the London and Hong Kong bar since 1989, taking silk in 2010. References 1934 births Living people People educated at King's College, Taunton Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Barristers of Hong Kong Hong Kong judges Justices of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong) Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal British Hong Kong judges New Hong Kong Alliance politicians Hong Kong Queen's Counsel Hong Kong Affairs Advisors