15 Mar 2001
LEUNG CHAK SANG v. LINGNAN UNIVERSITY
- Citation
- LEUNG CHAK SANG v. LINGNAN UNIVERSITY
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL638/2000
The Appeals Committee's decision is not subject to judicial review because, although Lingnan University is a statutory public body, the Appeals Committee was an internal/consensual disciplinary body of a domestic character and not a statutory tribunal; alternatively, even if reviewable, there was no breach of natural justice (procedures were appropriate to an informal inquisitorial disciplinary forum), adequate reasons were given, the finding of misconduct was supported by evidence, the reprimand was not entered into the academic transcript, and in any event the court would exercise its discr…