Top judge: I decided to leave HK

Lord Reed says he was not put under any pressure by UK ministers

The UK’s two most senior judges have spoken for the first time about the decision they announced last week to resign as part-time judges of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.

Lord Reed of Allermuir, president of the UK Supreme Court, said it was his decision to stand down. He was not put under any pressure by ministers in the UK government.

Lord Hodge …