1 Aug 2016
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. CHAN PO YING
- Citation
- SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. CHAN PO YING
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV78/2016
The Court held that committal proceedings brought by motion under Order 52 are civil causes or matters for the purposes of the High Court Ordinance; s50 applies to interlocutory orders in committal proceedings but does not override the procedural leave requirement in s14AA (except where Order 59 expressly exempts an order for committal or its discharge/variation); articles 10 and 11 HKBoR protections nonetheless apply; consequently leave is required for interlocutory appeals and the Court directed a rolled‑up hearing on 18–19 August 2016 to hear applications for leave and the substantive appe…