18 Feb 2015
NG SHEK WAI v. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
- Citation
- NG SHEK WAI v. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL167/2013
The court held that Data Protection Principle 3 did not prevent disclosure of the identities sought either because the request fell within the exemption in PDPO s60B(a) (authorised by the common law principle of open justice) or because disclosure was not a 'new purpose' but within the original or directly related purpose; the Medical Council had misdirected itself by focusing on DPP3 and failing to apply the open justice principle; basic identities of adjudicators, the Legal Adviser and defence counsel in a public disciplinary inquiry held openly should normally be disclosed upon reasonable…