Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Right to fair and public hearing

Legal area

Court

11 Apr 2022

香港特別行政區訴梁德煌及另八人

Citation

[2022] HKDC 292
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCC115/2021

The court allowed consolidation of DCCC113/2021 and DCCC116/2021 because the two cases involved similar issues and evidence, suitable court accommodation was likely available for the proposed 2023 window, defendants had sufficient time to obtain or be assigned new counsel if necessary and prejudice was not demonstrated; the court refused consolidation of DCCC115/2021, DCCC112/2021 and DCCC114/2021 because the existing pragmatic split and scheduled resources provided no sufficient reason to rearrange milestone dates and consolidation would unduly disrupt allocations and cause unjustified preju…
7 May 2018

HKSAR v. CHEUNG KIN CHUNG

Citation

[2018] HKCFI 785
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA490/2017

Where an applicant fails to provide sufficient particulars to show the essential ingredients of the alleged offences are prima facie present, the magistrate was entitled to refuse to issue a private summons and that refusal did not amount to a breach of the Article 10 right to a fair and public hearing.