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Hong Kong Case Law

Police assistance

  • 23 Mar 2018

    SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. WONG HO MING

    Citation
    [2018] HKCA 173
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV259/2017

    For a party bound by a court order, deliberately remaining and engaging in conduct that is inherently likely to obstruct or interfere with a bailiff executing that order constitutes criminal contempt; proof that the contemnor intended to perform the obstructive acts (basic intent) suffices and no separate specific intent to interfere with the administration of justice is required; prior warning is not a prerequisite to establishing actus reus in such cases.

  • 29 Feb 2016

    HO MAN LAP v. HO KING KIU AND OTHERS

    Citation
    HO MAN LAP v. HO KING KIU AND OTHERS
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCMP377/2010

    The court held that a claimant of an interest arising after the making of the possession order (Chan) could not be joined under O.15 r.6 or r.10 to resist enforcement; notwithstanding that, the court exercised its power to give directions to facilitate enforcement of its possession order because obstruction by defendants and third parties prevented execution; directions authorized plaintiff and bailiff to enter specified parts of the Store to gain access to the Lot, remove barriers, request police assistance, and permitted police to arrest persons reasonably suspected of obstructing enforceme…