Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Hong Kong decisions
Decisions matching the current search
The Court of Appeal refused an extension of time to appeal against disciplinary orders, finding the delay significant and the intended grounds without merit.
The Court of Appeal allowed Dr Lee Yau Wing’s appeal against a Medical Council reprimand, holding the Council lacked an evidential basis to find he took no steps to prevent misuse of his title.
The court struck out allegations that administrators inflated fees to pay a secret 10% commission to Howard Lau, holding the claim was speculative and unsupported.
The Court of Final Appeal refused leave to appeal in a medical disciplinary case, holding the proposed grounds were factual challenges dressed as questions of law.
The Court of Appeal upheld a Medical Council finding that Dr Wong performed a D&C without proper justification and dismissed his appeal with costs.
Court dismissed a police officer’s appeal against convictions for indecent assault and misconduct in public office, and upheld the 16-month sentence.
The judge recused himself because of a past connection with a defendant’s former accountants and referred the matter back to Godfrey Lam J, while reserving costs.
The appeal judge allowed the appeal against sentence, finding the trial judge failed adequately to weigh pre-charge full restitution and the appellant's age, health and emotional/financial pressures; the appellate court set concurrent reduced terms (3 months on each count with 1.5 months concurrent) totaling 4.5 months and suspended that term for 12 months, applying a one-third guilty plea discount and an overall 50% mitigation for pre-charge full repayment.
Source excerpt
The Court of Appeal upheld convictions of a barrister for champerty, holding that fee-sharing arrangements with lay clients were criminal and that no exception applied.
The Court of Final Appeal quashed a doctor’s conviction for misconduct in public office, holding that the record omissions and conduct did not meet the criminal threshold.
Explore more
