8 Feb 1983
PETER JAMES MIERS v. THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
- Citation
- PETER JAMES MIERS v. THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV137/1982
Majority held Rule 2(b) discretionary ground not met; contract ground under Rule 2(a) failed because no contract was pleaded and matter not properly before court; however majority concluded that because the Stewards' sole reason for refusal would, if irrational, inevitably require grant of a licence, the appeal involved a civil right effectively of the requisite monetary value and therefore leave to appeal to the Privy Council should be granted subject to conditions. Dissent held the real civil right was only the right to a fair hearing, not a monetisable right to work, and therefore Rule 2(a…