5 Jul 2013
林建忠 對 警務處長
- Citation
- 林建忠 對 警務處長
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA329/2012
The claim was struck out because it disclosed no reasonable cause of action: the plaintiff could not base a negligence claim on rights and standards (as articulated in Lam Siu Po and human rights/Basic Law materials) that post‑dated the 1989–1990 disciplinary hearings, and the claim was also prejudicial and time‑barred in the circumstances, justifying dismissal on a strike‑out application.
- Disciplinary proceedings
- Right to legal representation
- Retrospective application of new legal standards
- Limitation period
- Strike-out for no reasonable cause of action