Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Restrictive litigation order

Legal area

Court

25 Aug 2025

梁中平對易庭暉陳偉健律師事務所及另四人

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 3730
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2158/2024

The strike out applications are allowed because each writ is disorderly, unintelligible and fails to disclose reasonable causes of action; allegations are malicious, frivolous and vexatious; claims against judicial officers are struck out as incompatible with Basic Law Article 85; an interim costs order on an indemnity basis and a temporary restrictive litigation order are justified given the plaintiff's litigation conduct.
12 May 2023

鄺偉明對基督教九龍五旬節會有限公司及另七人

Citation

[2023] HKCFI 1311
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI491/2020

The amended statement of claim failed to disclose any reasonable cause of action: statutory provisions relied on were misapplied (the sponsoring body was not the plaintiff's employer), disability claims were jurisdictionally inappropriate or time‑barred, the pleadings lacked mandatory particulars and a medical report for psychiatric injury, and the allegations of false statements/documents were unparticularised; on those bases and having regard to the litigation history the pleadings were frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process and properly struck out and the related disclosure applicati…
12 Oct 2022

吳艷嫦及另一人對李雪芬主任及另一人

Citation

[2022] HKCFI 3485
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1164/2011

The summons to discharge the 23 December 2011 restrictive litigation order was dismissed because the applicant provided no credible or new evidence of a material change in circumstances; prior repeated refusals of leave demonstrated the order's continuing necessity to prevent vexatious or ungrounded proceedings.
16 Sept 2019

方素豪對法律援助署

Citation

[2019] HKCA 1051
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV590/2018

The appeal is dismissed because the new claim is substantively the same as prior dismissed claims and thus falls within and is prohibited by the existing restriction on proceedings; the restriction remains effective and the court may also impose limits on future appeals under Practice Direction 11.3; accordingly the plaintiff may not re‑open the same claim and must pay the defendant's costs.
20 Apr 2018

梁麗娟訴律政司司長

Citation

[2018] HKCA 211
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV64/2017

The appeal is dismissed and, because the plaintiff has engaged in or risked further abusive litigation, the Court properly exercised its power to grant a restrictive litigation order imposing a permission regime and procedural safeguards (specified judge to consider applications, prior written notice and draft documents to defendants, review on the papers) to prevent further abuse of process.

Hong Kong Case Law

梁中平 對 易庭暉陳偉健律師事務所及另四人

鄺偉明 對 基督教九龍五旬節會有限公司及另七人

吳艷嫦及另一人 對 李雪芬主任及另一人

方素豪 對 法律援助署

梁麗娟 訴 律政司司長

梁中平對易庭暉陳偉健律師事務所及另四人

鄺偉明對基督教九龍五旬節會有限公司及另七人

吳艷嫦及另一人對李雪芬主任及另一人

方素豪對法律援助署

梁麗娟訴律政司司長