3 Oct 2022
Q v. COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFA 20
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACV8/2022
The court held that physical attendance is the norm for substantive hearings but the court may in its case management discretion allow remote attendance as an exception; having weighed the public importance of the issues, the assistance to the court from specialist London counsel, the practical quarantine risks and prejudice and the need to avoid adjournment, the court granted permission for the proposed London leading counsel to attend the hearing remotely on 4 January 2023 subject to ad hoc admission and compliance with Registrar directions.