Hong Kong Case Law

14 Jan 2026

秦頌德 對 健威營造有限公司

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 289

Court

Court of First Instance

Case number

HCSA24/2025

The application for leave to appeal was dismissed because the claimant's asserted grounds were either outside the Small Claims Tribunal's jurisdiction (copyright claims; claims arising from the employment contract which fall within the Labour Tribunal's exclusive jurisdiction) or were factual credibility and evidential issues properly decided by the adjudicator for which leave to appeal will not be granted; the claimant failed to show a question of law or a jurisdictional error sufficient to obtain leave.

• Exclusive jurisdiction of labour tribunal
• Standby/nominal standby compensation
• Jurisdiction of small claims tribunal
• Burden of proof
• Adverse weight for refusal to answer
• Henderson v henderson doctrine