Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Data privacy

Legal area

Court

13 Mar 2025

CHEUNG PING HANG T’ONG v. SECRETARY FOR HOME AND YOUTH AFFAIRS

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 1008
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1775/2024

Leave refused because applicant failed to identify a reasonably arguable public law error: there is no substantive decision to review, the Secretary has been actively and continuously processing the section 15 application making the judicial review premature, and the applicant failed to show a clear representation giving rise to legitimate expectation or that the Secretary acted Wednesbury‑unreasonably or irrationally.
11 Apr 2007

LEI CHON KUN v. YIP TERESITA PUMARES

Citation

LEI CHON KUN v. YIP TERESITA PUMARES
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ892/2006

Plaintiff established a prima facie case that the defendant has possession, custody or power of Riches' financial statements and books/accounts for the specified period and those documents are relevant to the central issue; accordingly specific discovery was ordered limited to those financial documents; requests for tax returns and for Local and Overseas Terms/Employer Particulars were refused as unnecessary or insufficiently probative for the central issue; accounts and inquiries are to be conducted after trial; costs to be borne by each party.
9 Nov 2005

CHAN HO YEUNG JASON v. DR CHANG WAI JULIAN

Citation

CHAN HO YEUNG JASON v. DR CHANG WAI JULIAN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI248/2003

The appeal was dismissed because the plaintiff failed to identify specific documents showing the reason for non-renewal of his licence, the physiotherapy payment records sought were irrelevant and amounted to fishing, a non-party cannot be compelled to confirm existence of additional correspondence beyond specific disclosure, and the four month delay in filing the appeal was unjustified; accordingly the Master's orders including costs were upheld.

Hong Kong Case Law

CHEUNG PING HANG T’ONG v. SECRETARY FOR HOME AND YOUTH AFFAIRS

LEI CHON KUN v. YIP TERESITA PUMARES

CHAN HO YEUNG JASON v. DR CHANG WAI JULIAN