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 Case Name /Number Subject Matter Involved
23 Sep 2020 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
21 Sep 2020 LUBIANO NANCY ALMORIN v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION

CACV 112/2018
Immigration – Live-In Requirement for Foreign Domestic Helpers
28 Aug 2020 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
21 Aug 2020 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
20 Aug 2020 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
07 Aug 2020 HONG KONG RESORT CO LTD v. TOWN PLANNING BOARD

HCAL 645/2017
Town Planning - Legality of Town Planning Board's decision in rezoning application
13 Jul 2020 KWOK CHEUK KIN v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF HKSAR

HCAL 1405/2020
Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in HKSAR – whether the Chief Executive failed to adhere to the oath of upholding the Basic Law
03 Jul 2020 LOH MING YIN v. HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY (PUTATIVE INTERESTED PARTY: THE EDUCATION BUREAU)

HCAL 1087/2020
Legality of the decision to invalidate question 2(c) of the History Paper I of 2020 HKDSE Examination
18 Jun 2020 NANCY ANN KISSEL v. THE LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES REVIEW BOARD

CACV 230/2018
Principles of the Board in sentence reviewing function under the Long-term Prison Sentences Review Ordinance, Cap. 524
10 Jun 2020 WONG HO MING v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

HCAL 2124/2019
Right to stand for election of person who has been sentenced to imprisonment
22 May 2020 HORSFIELD LESLIE GRANT AND OTHERS v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HKSAR AND OTHERS

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
21 May 2020 JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION OF THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND ANOTHER v. ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION AND OTHERS

CACV 73/2020
Public access to the Final Register of electors of District Council Election containing the name and principal residential address of registered electors
09 Apr 2020 LEUNG KWOK HUNG v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER

KWOK WING HANG AND OTHERS v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN COUNCIL AND ANOTHER

CACV 541/2019,
CACV 542/2019,
CACV 583/2019
Constitutionality of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (Cap. 241) and the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation (Cap. 241K)
08 Apr 2020 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
02 Apr 2020 SHAM WING KAN v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

CACV 270/2017
Police’s power to search the digital contents of mobile devices without warrant
11 Mar 2020 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
04 Mar 2020 INFINGER, NICK v. THE HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY

HCAL 2647/2018
Same-sex marriage - Eligibility for applying for public rental housing
04 Mar 2020 BALAORO MARIETTA S. v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

HCAL 1188/2019
Criminal liability of holding "same-sex religious marriage ceremonies"; whether the Director of Public Prosecution has obligation to provide advice or guidance on potential criminal liability
14 Feb 2020 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
14 Feb 2020 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
17 Dec 2019 “K” v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ANOTHER

HCAL 2643/2019
Non-production of search warrant and the right of access to the courts
16 Dec 2019 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

CACV 489/2018, CACV 490/2018
Constitutionality of requirement to seek approval for display of materials at Government lands
10 Dec 2019 LEUNG KWOK HUNG v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER

KWOK WING HANG AND OTHERS v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN COUNCIL AND ANOTHER

CACV 541/2019, CACV 542/2019
Temporary validity order and temporary suspension order in respect of the declaration of invalidity of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance and the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation.
29 Nov 2019 Sino Bright Enterprises Co. Ltd v. Secretary for Justice & others

HCAL 1060/2017
Decisions not to prosecute
22 Nov 2019 KWOK WING HANG AND OTHERS v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN COUNCIL AND ANOTHER

LEUNG KWOK HUNG v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER

HCAL 2945/2019 & 2949/2019
Temporary Validity Order and Temporary Suspension Order
18 Nov 2019 KWOK WING HANG AND OTHERS v. CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN COUNCIL AND ANOTHER

LEUNG KWOK HUNG v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER

HCAL 2945/2019 & 2949/2019
Constitutionality of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (Cap 241) and the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation (Cap 241K)
18 Oct 2019 MK v. GOVERNMENT OF HKSAR

HCAL 1077/2018
Legal recognition of same-sex marriage or other same-sex relationship in Hong Kong
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