Summaries of Notable Judgments in the Past 12 Months

Significant Judicial Decisions involving the Government Civil 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'
No. Date Court Case Name / Number Subject Matter
Involved
Summary
  30 Dec 2021 Court of First Instance TAM SZE LEUNG, KONG CHAN, LEE KA LO, TAM CHUNG WAI v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

HCAL 191/2021
Constitutionality of “No Consent Regime” Download
  30 Dec 2021 Court of Appeal CHEUNG TAK WING v. COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY AND DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES

CACV 570/2018
Announcements in the public interest (“APIs”) Download
  05 Nov 2021 Court of Final Appeal KWOK CHEUK KIN v. DIRECTOR OF LANDS & OTHERS
HEUNG YEE KUK (INTERESTED PARTY)

FACV 2, 3 & 4/ 2021
Constitutionality of Small House Policy Download
  19 Oct 2021 Court of First Instance PAULUS JOHANNES ZIMMERMAN, THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT COUNCIL v. THE SECRETARY OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT COUNCIL

HCAL 1827/2020
Functions of the District Council under the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547) Download
  11 Oct 2021 Court of First Instance TANG CHIU MAN & LAM KA FUN ANITA v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE FOR DIRECTOR OF LANDS

HCAL 916/2021
Application for hearing two judicial review leave applications together Download
  28 Sep 2021 Court of First Instance 803 FUNDS LTD v. SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION

HCAL 1969/2020
Decision to withhold disclosure of information Download
  30 Jun 2021 Court of First Instance PANG LOK SZE v. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

HCAL 2346/20
Decision not to prosecute Download
  22 Jun 2021 Court of Appeal TONG YING KIT v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

CACV 293/2021
Certificate issued by the Secretary for Justice under Article 46 of the National Security Law concerning jury Download
  11 Jun 2021 Court of Appeal KWOK CHEUK KIN v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

LUI CHI HANG, HENDRICK v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HKSAR

LEUNG CHUNG HANG, SIXTUS v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

LEUNG KWOK HUNG v. SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT AND HOUSING

CACV 8, 10, 87 & 88/2019
(On Appeal from HCAL 1160, 1164, 1165 & 1178/2018)
Co-Location Arrangement of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link Download
  20 May 2021 Court of First Instance TONG YING KIT v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

HCAL 473/2021
Certificate issued by the Secretary for Justice under Article 46 of the National Security Law concerning jury Download
  18 May 2021 Court of Final Appeal CHEE FEI MING SUBSTITUTED BY PUN LIN FA v. DIRECTOR OF FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND ANOTHER

HUNG SHUI FUNG v. DIRECTOR OF FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND ANOTHER

FAMV 42 & 43/2016 & FAMV 213 & 214/2020
Constitutionality of requirement to seek approval for display of materials at Government lands Download
  07 May 2021 Court of First Instance HUI CHI FUNG v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

HCAL 2270/2020
Decision to intervene and withdraw private prosecution Download
  21 Apr 2021 Court of Appeal “K” v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ANOTHER

CACV 33/2020
Non-production of search warrant and the right of access to the courts Download
  24 Mar 2021 Court of First Instance SHAM TSZ KIT & YEUNG KWOK MING v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE & SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

HCAL 2670/2019
Lawfulness of the Police’s decision to disperse a public meeting on 12 June 2019 using tear gas grenades and constitutionality of s.17 of the Public Order Ordinance Download
  11 Feb 2021 Court of Appeal KWOK CHEUK KIN v. PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

CACV 320/2019
Constitutionality of the quorum requirement prescribed under Rule 17(1A) of the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council Download
  10 Feb 2021 Court of First Instance FERNANDEZ YVETTE DINGLE & ANOR. V COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR & DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION

HCAL 3215/2019
Immigration – Live-In Requirement for Foreign Domestic Helpers Download
  13 Jan 2021 Court of Appeal KWOK CHEUK KIN & LUI CHI HANG, HENDRICK v. DIRECTOR OF LANDS, SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE & HEUNG YEE KUK (INTERESTED PARTY)

CACV 234, 317 & 319/2019
Constitutionality of Small House Policy Download
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