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Hong Kong Case Law

Public importance of legal questions

  • 3 Feb 2016

    BEIJING TONG GANG DA SHENG TRADE CO LTD v. ALLEN & OVERY (a firm) AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    BEIJING TONG GANG DA SHENG TRADE CO LTD v. ALLEN & OVERY (a firm) AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of Final Appeal
    Case number
    FAMV38/2015

    Leave to appeal was granted to determine the specific question of when limitation issues may arise on an application for leave under Order 20 rule 5 because that question was of great general or public importance.

    • Leave to appeal
    • Limitation period
    • Order 20 rule 5
    • Public importance of legal questions

  • 12 Jan 2007

    NAM TAI ELECTRONICS, INC. v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

    Citation
    NAM TAI ELECTRONICS, INC. v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
    Court
    Court of Final Appeal
    Case number
    FAMV47/2006

    The Court granted leave to appeal confined to the single stated question concerning when and to what extent a duty of confidentiality may be relaxed to permit self‑defence; it concluded the defamation complaint was without merit because the words were essentially neutral and not defamatory and did not raise a matter of great general or public importance.

    • Duty of confidentiality
    • Defamation meaning and attribution
    • Leave to appeal
    • Public importance of legal questions