Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Ad hoc admission

Legal area

Court

19 Oct 2022

RE AN APPLICATION BY MR TIMOTHY WYNN OWEN KC

Citation

[2022] HKCFI 3233
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1402/2022

The application is allowed because the issues to be tried (construction of NSL 29(4) and constitutionality of Crimes Ordinance ss 9 and 10) are of great public and jurisprudential importance and unusually difficult; Mr Owen's specialist expertise would materially assist the court; there was no prejudicial delay and local senior counsel's unavailability for the entire trial justified admission in the public interest.
31 Jul 2020

RE DAVID PERRY, QC

Citation

[2020] HKCFI 1796
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP751/2019

The court declined to depart from the usual practice of making no order as to costs because the adjournment resulted from matters that had been raised substantively, did not materially affect the Secretary for Justice's role of assisting the court, and the application was allowed for multiple substantive reasons; accordingly there was no sufficient basis to award costs for the adjourned hearing.
31 Oct 2019

RE MARK TAYLOR SIMPSON QC

Citation

[2019] HKCFI 2689
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1013/2019

Solicitor advocates are not equivalent to barristers for the purpose of ad hoc admission; the public interest in maintaining a strong and independent local Bar requires overseas counsel to be admitted only on the condition they appear with a local barrister; applicants must inquire about the availability of suitable local senior counsel although, in the special circumstances of this case, the court granted conditional admission despite that failure.

Hong Kong Case Law

RE AN APPLICATION BY MR TIMOTHY WYNN OWEN KC

RE DAVID PERRY, QC

RE MARK TAYLOR SIMPSON QC