30 Oct 2017
DESIGNING HONG KONG LTD v. THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD, SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Citation
- DESIGNING HONG KONG LTD v. THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD, SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMV30/2017
Leave to appeal was granted on the specified legal questions so that the Court of Final Appeal can determine the correct legal principles governing the grant of Protective Costs Orders in public interest cases, including the role of the applicant's and respondent's financial resources, the relevance of directors' private resources, the relevance of legal aid, and whether PCOs should be determined at the leave stage applying Corner House Research or via a fuller inter partes procedure.