Hong Kong Case Law

19 Jan 1988

RE WILLIAM ERIC DENNY

Citation

RE WILLIAM ERIC DENNY

Court

Court of First Instance

Case number

HCMP2728/1987

The application was refused because the applicants failed to discharge the burden of proving admission was proper and necessary in the public interest: inquiries showed that suitable local silks were available in principle, so the principal ground (unavailability of local counsel) was not established and the complexity ground was not made out sufficiently to justify admission.

• Admission of overseas counsel
• Public interest test
• Burden of proof
• Availability of local counsel
• Judge's certificate under s82(2)