13 Nov 2012
HO CHUN YAN, ALBERT v. LEUNG CHUN YING AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HO CHUN YAN, ALBERT v. LEUNG CHUN YING AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMV33/2012
The Court held that it has jurisdiction under section 22(1)(c) of the Court of Final Appeal Ordinance to hear leap-frog appeals in proceedings under the Chief Executive Election Ordinance; Lam JA was correct to strike out the first statement as outside the scope of ECICO s26 and correctly rejected the continuation argument as not reasonably arguable; it was lawful and appropriate to read in a discretion to extend time rather than to strike down the seven-day limit, and applying a 'real prospect of success' threshold for granting extensions was justified given the statutory policy of rapid res…