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The High Court dismissed an appeal against strike-out of a claim against the Equal Opportunities Commission, finding no reasonable cause of action and abuse of process.
Application for leave to apply for judicial review dismissed for failure to identify arguable public law grounds and for lack of any reviewable illegality.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a summons for leave to appeal and ordered the claimant to pay the respondent’s costs, summarily assessed at HK$80,000 on a party-to-party basis.
The District Court dismissed a disability discrimination claim by a golf club employee, finding the termination was due to performance and attitude issues, not disability.
The court dismissed the anonymity application because the applicant failed to produce sufficient evidence of a real risk of harm or reprisals; the matters complained of were already public in related HCA 2554/2013 proceedings; and the public interest in open justice outweighed the asserted fears, which were speculative.
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The court found on balance that the respondent knew of the applicant's bipolar disorder but the applicant failed to prove the alleged incidents of harassment occurred as pleaded during the key period; because the specific complaints were not established on the balance of probabilities the claim under the Disability Discrimination Ordinance was dismissed.
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The District Court granted the respondent’s application for specific discovery of limited medical records in a disability discrimination action involving HIV status and surgery postponement.
The High Court dismissed the plaintiff’s appeal against refusal of default and summary judgment, and also dismissed the defendants’ application for an unless order.
The court dismissed the plaintiff’s Exhibit Summons, holding that disputed issues about the JD application documents could not be resolved under Order 14A or section 78 on the evidence filed.
The District Court dismissed a disability discrimination and harassment claim arising from a gym rule requiring weights to be returned to racks after use.
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