12 Jun 2020
RE EDWA
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 1143
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMH43/2019
The Court determined it was not prepared to find a power to waive the statutory requirements of s7(5) and in any event would not exercise any such power in this case: the medical certificate produced was not by a Hong Kong registered medical practitioner nor HA‑approved as required, the applicant had not demonstrated that no practicable alternative (including remote/video assessment) had been attempted, and existing authorities did not justify dispensing with the two‑certificate requirement; therefore the application cannot proceed under s7 absent compliant medical certificates, though the ap…