6 Mar 2019
CCMJ v. SSM (formerly known as SKL)
- Citation
- [2019] HKCA 267
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAMP147/2018
Leave to appeal was refused because the judge did not err: permitting concurrent treatment by the private psychiatrist and the YMT Child Service was a legitimate exercise of parens patriae focused on the child's welfare and practical need for a medical safety net; there was no evidence of real risk from parallel treatment; and the judge properly exercised discretion on costs given neither party wholly succeeded and both displayed conduct not in the child's best interests.