| No. | Date | Court | Case Name / Number | Subject Matter Involved |
Summary |
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| 31 Dec 2020 | Court of First Instance | TVB v. COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN COUNCIL HCAL 151/16 & 47/2017 |
Breach of Generic Codes of Practice concerning indirect advertising | Download | |
| 21 Dec 2020 | Court of Final Appeal | KWOK WING HANG AND OTHERS v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN COUNCIL AND ANOTHER LEUNG KWOK HUNG v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN COUNCIL AND ANOTHER v. KWOK WING HANG AND 23 OTHERS FACV 6, 7, 8 & 9/2020 |
The Constitutionality of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (Cap 241) and the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation (Cap 241K) | Download | |
| 21 Dec 2020 | Court of First Instance | THE HONG KONG JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION V. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE HCAL 2915/2019 |
The Police’s duty to facilitate, and not to hinder, lawful journalistic activities in the course of public order events | Download | |
| 27 Nov 2020 | Court of Final Appeal | LEUNG KWOK HUNG ALSO KNOWN AS "LONG HAIR" V. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES FACV 8/2019 |
Sex discrimination - Whether a policy requiring all male prisoners but not female prisoners to have their hair cut "sufficiently close" constitutes direct discrimination | Download | |
| 19 Nov 2020 | Court of First Instance | 陳基裘 V. HONG KONG POLICE FORCE; 郭卓堅 & 梁頌恆 V. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY & COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (“CP”); YEUNG TSZ CHUN V. CP; CHAN KUNG SHUN & LO CHAM SZE & NG HONG LUEN V. CP; THE HONG KONG JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION V. CP & SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE HCAL 1747/2019, HCAL 1753/2019, HCAL 2671/2019, HCAL 2703/2019 & HCAL 2915/2019 |
Whether the current identification system of Police officers and Police complaint handling mechanism are compliant with the Hong Kong Bill of Rights | Download | |
| 12 Nov 2020 | Appeal Committee of the Court of Final Appeal | H & AH v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION FAMV 415/2019 & FAMV 3/2020[2020] HKCFA 34 |
The construction of the criterion known as the “no known record to the detriment of the applicant” under the Director of Immigration’s Dependant Visa Policy | Download | |
| 12 Oct 2020 | The Court of Final Appeal | CHAN KA LAM v. THE COUNTRY AND MARINE PARKS AUTHORITY FACV 5/2020 |
Statutory interpretation of section 5(1)(b) of the Country Parks Ordinance, Cap. 208 | Download | |
| 23 Sep 2020 | Court of First Instance | WONG CHI FUNG v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER HCAL 346/2020 |
Decision to invalidate nomination to stand for the election at the 2019 District Council Election | Download | |
| 21 Sep 2020 | Court of Appeal | LUBIANO NANCY ALMORIN v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION CACV 112/2018 |
Immigration – Live-In Requirement for Foreign Domestic Helpers | Download | |
| 18 Sep 2020 | Court of First Instance | SHAM TSZ KIT v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE HCAL 2682/2018 |
Same-sex marriage – Legal recognition of foreign same-sex marriage | Download | |
| 18 Sep 2020 | Court of First Instance | NG HON LAM EDGAR v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE HCAL 3525/2019 |
Same-sex marriage – Entitlements and benefits in the context of intestacy | Download | |
| 04 Sep 2020 | Court of First Instance | TAM HOI PONG V TOWN PLANNING BOARD & ANOR HCAL 20/2014 |
Town Planning Judicial Review - principles on which the Town Planning Board may give planning permission in respect of residential development within a wetland nature reserve | Download | |
| 28 Aug 2020 | Court of First Instance | U STORAGE GROUP LIMITED v. DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES AND ANOTHER HCAL 490/2019 |
Lawfulness of Fire Harzards Abatement Notices and other document issued by the Director of Fire Services | Download | |
| 21 Aug 2020 | Court of First Instance | TONG YING KIT v. HKSAR HCAL 1601/2020 |
Writ of habeas corpus - Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding Nationality Security in HKSAR | Download | |
| 20 Aug 2020 | Court of First Instance | LEE CHU MING, MARTIN & ORS v. A PERMANENT MAGISTRATE, EASTERN MAGISTRACY AND THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HCAL 1396/2020 |
Whether the search warrants are ultra vires for lack of specificity and being oppressive and whether the Applicants should be informed of the applications for the search warrants | Download | |
| 07 Aug 2020 | Court of First Instance | HONG KONG RESORT CO LTD v. TOWN PLANNING BOARD HCAL 645/2017 |
Town Planning - Legality of Town Planning Board's decision in rezoning application | Download | |
| 13 Jul 2020 | Court of First Instance | KWOK CHEUK KIN v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF HKSAR HCAL 1405/2020 |
Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding Nationality Security in HKSAR – whether the Chief Executive failed to adhere to the oath of upholding the Basic Law | Download | |
| 3 Jun 2020 | Court of First Instance | LOH MING YIN v. HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY (PUTATIVE INTERESTED PARTY: THE EDUCATION BUREAU) HCAL 1087/2020 |
Illegality of the decision to invalidate question 2(c) of the History Paper I of 2020 HKDSE Examination | Download | |
| 18 Jun 2020 | Court of Appeal | NANCY ANN KISSEL v. THE LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES REVIEW BOARD CACV 230/2018 |
Principle on which the Board is required to perform its sentence reviewing function under section 8(c) of the Long-term Prison Sentences Review Ordinance, Cap. 524 | Download | |
| 10 Jun 2020 | Court of First Instance | WONG HO MING v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE HCAL 2124/2019 |
Right to stand for election of person who has been sentenced to imprisonment | Download | |
| 22 May 2020 | Court of First Instance | HORSFIELD LESLIE GRANT & OTHERS v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HKSAR & ANOTHER HCAL 952/2020 |
Writ of Habeas Corpus - Legality of CE’s power to enact Cap. 599E and the legality of placing the Applicants for quarantine at the Government’s Quarantine Centre | Download | |
| 21 & 27 May 2020 | Court of Appeal | JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS’ASSOCIATION OF THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND ANOTHER v. ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION AND OTHERS CACV 73/2020 (Judgment dated 21 May 2020) |
Public access to the Final Register of electors of District Council Election containing the name and principal residential address of registered electors. | Download | |
| 9 Apr 2020 | Court of Appeal | KWOK WING HANG AND OTHERS v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN COUNCIL AND ANOTHER LEUNG KWOK HUNG v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER CACV 541/2019, CACV 542/2019, CACV 583/2019 |
Constitutionality the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (Cap. 241) and the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation (Cap. 241K) | Download | |
| 8 Apr 2020 | Court of First Instance | JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION OF THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND ANOTHER v. ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION AND OTHERS HCAL 3042/2019 |
Public access to the Final Register of electors of District Council Election containing the name and principal residential address of registered electors | Download | |
| 2 Apr 2020 | Court of Appeal | SHAM WING KAN v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (INTERESTED PARTIES: YEUNG CHING YIN, CHAN SIN YING, HUNG HIU HAN & CHAN SIU PING) CACV 270/2017 |
Police’s power to search the digital contents of mobile devices without warrant | Download | |
| 11 Mar 2020 | Court of First Instance | A v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER HCAL 176/2018 |
Compensation for wrongful imprisonment - under article 11(5) of Hong Kong Bill of Rights and administrative ex gratia scheme | Download | |
| 4 Mar 2020 | Court of First Instance | INFINGER, NICK v. THE HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY HCAL 2647/18 |
Same-sex marriage – Eligibility for applying public rental housing | Download | |
| 4 Mar 2020 | Court of First Instance | RE: BALAORO MARIETTA S. HCAL 1188/2019 |
Criminal liability of holding same-sex religious marraige ceremonies; Director of Public Prosecution's obligation to provide advice or guidance on potential criminal liability | Download | |
| 14 Feb 2020 | Court of First Instance | CHEUNG KA HO CYRIL & OTHERS V SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION & OTHERS HCAL 2132-2134, 2136 & 2137/2018 |
The legality of the Securities and Futures Commission’s decisions to seize and retain digital devices, and to issue notices - the validity of search warrants | Download | |
| 14 Feb 2020 | Court of Appeal | CHEUNG TAK WING V DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION CACV 577/2018 |
Permission Scheme for the use of the East Wing Forecourt for public meetings and processions | Download | |
| 10 Jan 2020 | Court of Final Appeal | ZN V SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE & OTHERS FACV 4/2019 |
The scope of Article 4 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights, and the Government’s positive obligations thereunder | Download |