Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Directions under statute

Legal area

Court

11 Jun 2018

LAU WING HONG v. CHAN YUEN MAN, AMY (Returning Officer for the New Territories East Geographical Constituency) AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2018] HKCFI 1290
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL844/2018

The court exercised its discretion in the interest of justice: the short four‑day delay caused by solicitor error did not justify dismissal; the petitioner was legally aided and there was no real prejudice to the Returning Officer; accordingly the court granted a retrospective extension to file the inter partes summons and dispensed with the requirement to give security under s66, while ordering costs against the petitioner and disallowing legal aid taxation nisi.
16 Oct 2013

LAU CHO KUN alias LAU YU CHAK v. LAU SIANG KOK LIONEL

Citation

LAU CHO KUN alias LAU YU CHAK v. LAU SIANG KOK LIONEL
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV213/2012

The Court dismissed the applications for leave to appeal because the issues identified were fact‑sensitive and not reasonably arguable; the concession that the Ladd v Marshall conditions applied to admission of DNA results as further evidence was properly made and the appeal against the DNA direction was not reasonably arguable; the Subpoena Appeal challenge similarly lacked reasonable arguability; the late request to vary the inspection order was inappropriate and refused.