25 Sept 2007
CHAN MEI YIU, PADDY AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND OTHERS
- Citation
- CHAN MEI YIU, PADDY AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL16/2007
The application was refused because the court lacked jurisdiction to direct the Secretary for Justice to use his best endeavours to secure an embargo by Italian authorities, such an order would risk breaching international comity and improperly seek to bypass the jurisdiction of Italian courts, and the appropriate remedy is to apply to the Italian courts under Italian law.