Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Revocation of legal aid

Legal area

Court

9 Jan 2023

MK v. REGISTRAR OF HIGH COURT

Citation

[2023] HKCA 43
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV355/2021

Regulation 21(1)(b) abrogates legal professional privilege by necessary implication as to communications concerning an aided person's financial eligibility for legal aid; that abrogation is not temporally confined to post-grant communications and extends to relevant pre-grant communications with an assigned or nominated practitioner where a client/lawyer relationship exists; accordingly Mr Pun was obliged to report and the Master was entitled to take his disclosure into account under regulation 8(4), so the judge erred to the extent he quashed the Master’s decision based on that disclosure an…
2 Sept 2016

ELIJAH SAATORI v. RAFFLES MEDICAL GROUP (HONG KONG) LTD

Citation

ELIJAH SAATORI v. RAFFLES MEDICAL GROUP (HONG KONG) LTD
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI1114/2006

Adjournment refused. The plaintiff caused or contributed to the late revocation of his legal aid by failing to update his means in time and by late disclosure of a settlement; no exceptional circumstances justified varying the milestone trial date; defendant would suffer real prejudice (witness availability, substantial irrecoverable costs) and could not be adequately compensated; the plaintiff can proceed in person and had rejected modest assistance options, so discretion to adjourn was not exercised.