7 Nov 2003
MICHAEL REID SCOTT v. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
- Citation
- MICHAEL REID SCOTT v. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL188/2002
Application dismissed: the Ordinance did not contravene the Basic Law because art.100 guarantees that terms of service be no less favourable in substance than before 1 July 1997 rather than an absolute freeze; prior law (Lam Ming) permitted legislative variation of public service contracts; the reductions were lawful, non-retrospective adjustments calculated by established mechanism; pay as future remuneration was not protected 'property' for arts.6/105 in the challenged sense; the measure was not de facto discriminatory taxation and the judicial exemption was justified to protect independenc…