Department of Justice - Summaries of Notable Judgments in the Past 12 Months

This section comprises the summaries of notable judgments in the past 12 months. Summaries are prepared for selected cases which involve important or significant legal principles or issues, issues of public interest, issues that attract strong media or public interest, and/or for educational purpose. The section aims to assist the public to understand the notable judgments and hence is not intended to be exhaustive. Please visit the Judiciary website for reference to other cases not covered in this section.

(The summaries of notable judgments contained in this section are prepared by the Department of Justice (DoJ) based on DoJ's own interpretation and understanding of the judgments of the courts concerned. The summaries are not legal advice and should not be relied upon by anyone as such. The summaries have no legal effect and are not intended to be cited as authorities of any kind. To fully understand the legal effect of the courts' judgments, the whole judgments of the courts concerned should be looked at.)

Significant Judicial Decisions involving the Government Judicial review Cases. This table consists of 4 columns and 8 rows. The first column is 'Number', the second column is 'Case Name', the third column is 'Court / Contract Ref.', the forth column is 'Date of Latest Judgment / Reasons for Verdict'
Date	Court	Case Name / Number	Subject Matter Involved	Summary
06 Mar 2026	Court of First Instance	THE HONG KONG JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION v. THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT HCAL 559/2024	Judicial review – Policy on Access to the Register of Vehicles	Download
29 Jan 2026	Court of First Instance	CHENG YIU TONG v. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE & HANG SENG BANK LIMITED & BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) LIMITED HCAL 520/2023	Issuance of “Letters of No Consent”	Download
13 Jan 2026	Court of First Instance	CHOW HANG TUNG v. COMMISSIONER OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES HCAL 1528/2024	Policy on summer daytime uniform of female persons in custody	Download