7 Feb 2023
LEUNG FONG WAI FERGUS v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 296
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP77/2022
The Court granted the amended originating summons under s40(1) and s40(5) because, viewed against the unprecedented postponement of the 2020 election, the invalidation of the applicant's nomination, the applicant's reasonable but mistaken belief he was no longer a candidate, the failure of reminders to reach him due to his election assistants' filtering, the inadvertent loss/destruction of some documents following a police search and office vacation, and the applicant's detention on national security charges causing delay, the delay and missing documentation were attributable to inadvertence…