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Topic

Re-opening judgment

Legal area

Court

10 Dec 2018

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMISSION v. SIXTUS LEUNG CHUNG HANG AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2018] HKCA 921
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV333/2018

The Court retains a discretionary power to re-open a judgment before sealing, but that power will only be exercised in exceptional circumstances where strong reasons in the interest of justice are shown; the applicant failed to demonstrate any reasonable ground to re-open, so the summons must be dismissed.
12 Jun 2006

SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. MICHAEL REID SCOTT

Citation

SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. MICHAEL REID SCOTT
Court

Court of Final Appeal
Case number

FACV8/2005

The Court has jurisdiction to order costs in respect of motions taken within existing appeals; s.17 grants the Court a broad discretion to make any costs order it thinks fit and s.43 requires taxation only where the Court orders costs of the former kind (to be taxed), not where the Court awards a fixed sum. Applying that discretion, the Court ordered costs against Mr Scott in a fixed sum of $39,206.