Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Service of process/notice

Legal area

Court

20 Mar 2026

伍樂詩對張朗賢

Citation

[2026] HKLdT 12
Court

Lands Tribunal
Case number

LDPD1041/2025

The Tribunal found on the evidence that the landlord, by conduct, permitted Lam Chi Tat to act as her agent and that his communications created apparent authority; coupled with the parties' conduct leading to a drafted cancellation agreement and arrangements for 14 August 2025, the landlord was bound by that arrangement and could not later repudiate it. Given those findings and the procedural circumstances, the Tribunal exercised its power under the Ordinance to stay/set aside the costs order made on 16 January 2026 and declined to award costs in respect of the respondent's 20 January 2026 no…
9 Jan 2026

OURANG ZAIB v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 167
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL537/2020

Refusal of the application for extension of time was justified: the short delay (three days) lacked any credible explanation because the applicant produced no evidence of address change or non-receipt of notices; the applicant bore responsibility to keep his address updated; the proposed appeal had no real prospect of success because the Leave Decision properly reviewed the TCAB decision applying the correct standard and found no arguable public law error; and granting an extension would cause substantial and needless prejudice to the respondent.
21 May 2020

HKSAR v. CHEUNG KIN CHUNG

Citation

[2020] HKCFI 842
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA600/2019

The magistrate properly refused the private summons because the appellant failed to provide particulars establishing the essential elements of the alleged offence; there was no evidence of bias or of breach of the appellant's Article 10 rights; the appellant had been given notice, and the appeal was therefore dismissed as wholly devoid of merit.
22 Feb 2019

RE RASU RAMAKRISHNAN

Citation

[2019] HKCA 202
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV472/2018

The appeal failed because the applicant did not demonstrate any error of law, failure to consider relevant matters, or that the Judge's decision was plainly wrong: notices were properly sent to the applicant's address, credibility findings were supported by material inconsistencies, and no arguable basis for judicial review of the Director's and Board's rejection of BOR 2/3 claims was shown.
24 Apr 2015

樓外樓房地產咨詢有限公司對何志蘭

Citation

樓外樓房地產咨詢有限公司對何志蘭
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP3202/2013

Court found respondent had not in fact received the arbitration hearing notice and thus established a ground under s95(2) (lack of proper notice / inability to present case). Although the court has discretion to allow enforcement despite such a ground, on the facts there were no compelling reasons to exercise that discretion in favour of enforcement; accordingly the enforcement orders were stayed and applicants were ordered to pay respondent's costs.
18 Jan 2002

C v. L

Citation

C v. L
Court

Family Court
Case number

FCMC7268/2000

The Singapore decree nisi and subsequent decree absolute were valid and supported by certified sealed documents; the parties were habitually resident (and the Wife domiciled) in Singapore when the petition was instituted satisfying s56; the Husband had acknowledged service and had opportunity to participate (and did not pursue available remedies in Singapore), so the grounds in s61 for refusing recognition were not made out; therefore the Singapore divorce is recognised in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong petition is stayed as there is no longer a subsisting marriage to dissolve and Singapore is t…

Hong Kong Case Law

伍樂詩 對 張朗賢

OURANG ZAIB v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

HKSAR v. CHEUNG KIN CHUNG

RE RASU RAMAKRISHNAN

樓外樓房地產咨詢有限公司 對 何志蘭

C v. L

伍樂詩對張朗賢

樓外樓房地產咨詢有限公司對何志蘭