31 Jul 2025
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE v. LPK
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 3344
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAD21/2023
The court held that siblings did not have a protectable family life under BOR14/BOR19 because there were no demonstrable close personal ties among them; the Arrangement restricting sibling contact engaged the children's privacy rights under BOR14 but the restriction was lawful, satisfied the 'prescribed by law' requirement and was proportionate and necessary because adoption and placement decisions were demonstrably taken in the children's best interests based on permanency planning, clinical assessments and practical constraints; accordingly freeing orders for the 6th and 7th children and ad…