Hong Kong Case Law

10 Jan 2003

RE JOHN VANDELEUR MARTIN QC

Citation

RE JOHN VANDELEUR MARTIN QC

Court

Court of First Instance

Case number

HCMP31/2003

The application was refused because the issues at the pretrial review were routine case management matters that were not sufficiently complex nor likely to dispose of the actions or engage the appeal process and therefore could be adequately handled by competent local counsel; public interest did not justify admitting overseas counsel for the interlocutory hearing.

• Admission of counsel
• Interlocutory proceedings
• Case management
• Public interest in admission of counsel