Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Directions and timetable

Legal area

Court

20 Jan 2026

JING QINGE v. REGISTRAR OF THE HIGH COURT [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 466
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL162/2026

The court granted leave to apply for judicial review on the papers and directed the parties to liaise and propose jointly agreed directions and a tight timetable leading to a substantive hearing, granted liberty to apply and reserved all questions of costs.
8 Dec 2025

CHEN YIYI a minor, by her next friend and father, CHEN HAIMENG AND OTHERS v. SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 6156
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL2434/2025

Leave to apply for judicial review is granted on the papers; the parties must liaise to propose jointly agreed directions to lead to a substantive hearing with a tight timetable; liberty to apply; all questions of costs are reserved.
3 Aug 2017

DENNIS KWOK HON MING v. POON SUI CHEONG ALBERT AND OTHERS

Citation

DENNIS KWOK HON MING v. POON SUI CHEONG ALBERT AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1528/2013

Where parties failed to agree on directions and the proposed timetable contained dates already past, the court must prolong the timetable and set prospective directions; it cannot impose retrospective deadlines.