28 Jun 2000
TSOI KEI LUNG AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Citation
- TSOI KEI LUNG AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL1054/2000
Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the application was premature and not an appropriate use of judicial review: the magistrate's ruling was an intermediate step in ongoing committal proceedings, adequate alternative remedies remained (trial judge determination, committal, indictment stage and appeal), the circumstances were not exceptional, and the High Court could not finally dispose of the dispute given outstanding factual issues under s.19 of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance; therefore discretion to grant leave was declined and costs awarded to the respondent.