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Topic

Admission of barristers

Legal area

Court

6 Dec 2013

RE MR LOUIS ASA LUKE ALEXIS DYLAN MABLY

Citation

RE MR LOUIS ASA LUKE ALEXIS DYLAN MABLY
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV173/2013

The Court of Appeal held it had jurisdiction and that the Bar Council had standing; on the merits the Chief Judge lawfully and judicially exercised his unfettered discretion under s27(4) after balancing competing facets of the public interest in the wholly exceptional circumstances of the prosecution (HCCC 98 of 2013), so appellate interference was not justified and the appeal was dismissed.
6 Mar 1990

RE TAY TECK HUEN

Citation

RE TAY TECK HUEN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP3383/1989

Section 27(2)(b) was interpreted to preserve a judicial discretion to admit applicants despite the 1989 addition of subsection (1A); the Court found no clear statutory intention to oust the discretion and exercised it to admit the bona fide applicants who intended ordinary residence in Hong Kong.