25 May 2012
LEUNG KWOK HUNG v. THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
- Citation
- LEUNG KWOK HUNG v. THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL64/2012
Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because Rule 92, read with Article 72, validly permits the President to curtail debate to preserve orderly conduct of LegCo business; the Basic Law does not confer a constitutional right to filibuster by individual legislators; parliamentary privilege and separation of powers require restraint and pre-enactment intervention was not justified absent immediate and irreversible prejudice.