6 Feb 2004
CHAO PAK KI, RAYMUND AND ANOTHER v. THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS (a body corporate)
- Citation
- CHAO PAK KI, RAYMUND AND ANOTHER v. THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS (a body corporate)
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL134/2003
The application for anonymity was dismissed because the applicants failed to show that publication of their names would lead to a denial of justice; the public interest and principle of open justice in judicial review and regulation of the profession outweighed the applicants' claim of professional embarrassment, and the proposed suppression would amount to an impermissible effective permanent restriction on open proceedings.