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Burden of proof for confidentiality
  • 22 Apr 2024

    吳寳寳 對 HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

    Citation
    [2024] HKDC 613
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCPI3790/2023

    The anonymity applications were dismissed because the applicant failed to demonstrate objective, substantiated risk warranting departure from the open justice principle: there was no evidence of threats linked to the litigation, medical and Labour Department reports did not support claimed severe psychiatric incapacity, and subjective fear of employment consequences is insufficient to justify anonymity.