Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Recusal for perceived bias

Legal area

Court

26 Mar 2020

莊裕安 v. 終審法院司法常務官

Citation

[2020] HKCA 177
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV217/2019

The appeals are dismissed: the Registrar is not under a duty to give reasons when issuing a Rule 7 summons; issuance of a Rule 7 summons is an intermediate procedural decision not amenable to judicial review in the circumstances; prior adverse rulings do not establish bias warranting recusal; where the Appeal Committee has dismissed the leave applications any challenge to the Registrar is academic and not justiciable.
15 Jun 2009

HUI KEE CHUN v. THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER FOR PERSONAL DATA

Citation

HUI KEE CHUN v. THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER FOR PERSONAL DATA
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1980/2006

Recorder Yuen recused himself because, on the facts of this case, there was a real and reasonable perception of bias given his personal connections with solicitors at the Firm and past/current instructions from the Firm; accordingly the hearing was adjourned and to be refixed before another Judge or Recorder with no connection to the Firm, and no costs order was made for the adjournment because the defendant chose not to be represented.