3 Jul 2025
CHEN HAI TAO AND ANOTHER v. TRANSPORT TRIBUNAL
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 2686
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL1597/2021
The Tribunal misconstructed regulation 14(3)(b) by effectively disregarding the words "type of"; properly construed the Commissioner must be of the opinion that the type of hire car service specified in the application (one of the five statutory types) is reasonably required — meaning there must be a demonstrated reasonable requirement or market demand for that type as specified by the applicant, not an impossible requirement that the applicant show unique, non‑substitutable demand for his individual service. The Tribunal decision is quashed and the matter remitted for reconsideration applyin…