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Service and premises
  • 8 Mar 2016

    COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v. ASIA TELEVISION LTD

    Citation
    COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v. ASIA TELEVISION LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP118/2016

    The court refused all production orders because the applicant failed to satisfy section 84(3)(a)(iii) that the requested unedited recordings were likely to be of substantial value to the investigation or relevant evidence in proceedings (scope was overbroad and much material was already public or obtainable by alternative means), the applicant misconceived the scope of s84 in seeking maker identities (those particulars are not 'journalistic material' under s82), and service/premises requirements were not met as to i-CABLE; on balancing the public interest the production orders were not justif…