26 Apr 1988
RE LORRAIN ESME OSMAN
- Citation
- RE LORRAIN ESME OSMAN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV15/1988
The Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the High Court: the Governor's request was lawful and complied with the specialty requirement of s.4(3) as applied to Hong Kong; the application was in any event unarguable and time‑barred by undue delay; even if justiciable the Court would refuse relief to avoid conflicting with concurrent English proceedings and because the Court must apply the existing law rather than speculate about future changes in sovereignty arrangements.