31 Oct 2023
LI CHIU WAH JOSEPH v. HONG KONG SOCIETY OF NOTARIES
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFA 34
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMV270/2023
Leave was refused because it was not reasonably arguable that the HK$3,000 late charge was a penalty under the Cavendish/Law Ting Pong test; the Court of Appeal was entitled to find the Society had a legitimate interest in securing compliance and that the charge was not disproportionate or punitive, and the applicant offered no valid new legal basis to warrant the Court of Final Appeal's intervention.