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The Court of Appeal addressed the survival of common law and the validity of legal proceedings in Hong Kong following the change of sovereignty on July 1, 1997. It determined that the laws previously in force, including common law, were automatically adopted under the Basic Law without the need for a formal act of adoption. The court also ruled that it had no jurisdiction to challenge the legality of acts by the Sovereign, including the establishment of the Provisional Legislative Council.

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