Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Medical records confidentiality

Legal area

Court

15 Jul 2025

LU CHENG TE RAYMOND v. WU WING YAN

Citation

[2025] HKDC 1129
Court

District Court
Case number

DCMP1990/2025

The Originating Summons was dismissed because the Plaintiff failed to comply with the mandatory affidavit and specification requirements of Order 29 rule 7A(3) and sections 47D/47E DCO, provided no evidence or legal basis linking the requested documents to any proceedings, failed to attend the hearing, and the Defendant did not possess the requested documents; these failures warranted dismissal and an order for costs payable by the Plaintiff.
20 Apr 2018

CHAIRMAN AND DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

Citation

[2018] HKCFI 843
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2745/2016

The application was dismissed because the Chairman/PIC lacks statutory or common law power to compel the HA to disclose patient medical records at the PIC stage; conferring the Council's s22 disclosure powers on the Chairman/PIC would contradict the statutory three-tier scheme and constitute unlawful interference with patients' BORO14 privacy rights; s40(1) Cap 1 and s58(2) PDPO do not provide a basis to compel disclosure prior to referral to the Council; accordingly no order for production or mandatory injunction was justified.