Successfully obtained leave to challenge the legality of the decisions of Independent Police Complaints Council to proactively conduct a fact-finding study of public order events since June 2019

The Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands (Goldring P, Field and Morrison JJA) has allowed the Government’s appeal in The Deputy Registrar of the Cayman Islands and The Attorney General of the Cayman Islands v Day (Chantelle) and Bush (Vickie Bodden) CICA No. 9 of 2019 (7 November 2019). The issue before the Court […]

The Court of First Instance on 18 November 2019 handed down a landmark judgment concerning the constitutionality of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (Cap. 241) (“ERO”) and the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation (Cap. 241K) (“PFCR”) made under the ERO. The judgment develops important legal principles on the separation of powers, addressing the extent to which […]

Chow J gave Judgment on 2 September 2019 to allow the Election Petition because the returning officer failed to give Agnes Chow a reasonable opportunity to respond to the materials intended to be relied upon by the Returning Officer for the decision that the nomination is invalid.  Chow J further held that such an irregularity […]

Appeal to the Privy Council from the Cook Islands concerning the status, interpretation and application of indigenous customary laws in former colonial territories. Concerned with succession rights of non-blood adoptees under Māori traditions and customs.

This second-ever trial before the Hong Kong Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) concerned decoration works undertaken for the tenants of Phase 1 of On Tat Estate, Kwun Tong.  The Competition Commission (“Commission”)’s allegation was that in June – November 2016, the 10 Respondents made or gave effect to an agreement or engaged in a concerted practice among […]

The Hong Kong Competition Tribunal has given judgment in Competition Commission v Nutanix & Ors [2019] HKCT 2 (CTEA 1/2017), the first case brought by the Hong Kong Competition Commission under the Competition Ordinance (Cap. 619). The Ordinance came into force in December 2015. The case concerned bid-rigging in the IT sector. The judgment, given by the […]

Application for judicial review against the Co-location Arrangement and the creation of the Mainland Port Area at the West Kowloon Station under the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Ordinance (Cap. 632). The Court of First Instance granted leave to the applicants to apply for judicial review but dismissed the substantive application. Hectar Pun SC of […]

Appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against conviction under sections 59(1A) and 60(1) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200). The Court held that taking part in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, even if it failed to have any effect upon the operation of a computer, nevertheless constituted a misuse of computer under […]

Application for judicial review concerning whether “ding” rights under the Small House Policy are within the “lawful traditional rights and interests of New Territories indigenous inhabitants” in Article 40 of the Basic Law. Application allowed insofar as it relates to Private Treaty Grant and Exchange, being two of the three forms of land grant under […]