13 Nov 2012
HO CHUN YAN, ALBERT v. LEUNG CHUN YING AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HO CHUN YAN, ALBERT v. LEUNG CHUN YING AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMV25/2012
The Court held that, purposively construed, s22(1)(c) affords the Court of Final Appeal discretionary jurisdiction to hear leap-frog appeals in proceedings under the Chief Executive Election Ordinance; it refused leave to appeal on the substantive challenges to Lam JA's striking out and petition judgments because the grounds (continued publication, meaning of the second statement and merits under ECICO s26) were not reasonably arguable or had no real prospect of success; it endorsed reading-in a discretion to extend time as the appropriate remedial response to any constitutional defect in the…