At the material time, the plaintiff (“ So ”) worked as a fitness instructor in a fitness centre operated by the defendant (“ JV ”). She had an accident while at work in August 2012 and suffered an injury. She later brought a personal injuries claim against JV by way of the proceedings below. JV did not contest liability. After a trial on assessment of damages, by way of an order dated 7 July 2023 (“ the Order ”), Deputy High Court Judge Leung (as he then was) (“ the Judge ”) (a) awarde
This is the Defendant’s application for security for costs in respect of the Plaintiff’s appeal (“ the Appeal ”) against the order of G Lam J (as he then was) dated 27 January 2021 (“ the Order ”) striking out the Plaintiff’s Statement of Claim and dismissing his action against the Defendant on the principal ground that the Plaintiff did not have standing to pursue the action.
This is the applicant’s appeal against the judgment of Deputy High Court Judge K.W. Lung (“the Judge”) given on 15 April 2025 ( [2025] HKCFI 1050 ) dismissing her application for leave to apply for judicial review. The intended judicial review was in respect of the decision of the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“the Board”) dated 22 March 2019, which dismissed her appeal against the decision of the Director of Immigration (“the Director”) dated 26 February 2018 rejecting her non-refoulement pro
The defendant is a company running a school in Hong Kong. We shall refer to it simply as “the school”. The plaintiff is the father of a minor, to whom we shall refer as “X”, who was a student at the school until her expulsion in March 2025. The plaintiff brought an action in the Court of First Instance to impugn the school’s decision to expel her daughter. He also applied on an urgent basis for an injunction, pending the final determination of the action, to restrain the school from acting on
On 3 June 2025, this court handed down a judgment ( [2025] HKCA 511 dismissing the applicant’s appeal against the decision of Deputy High Court Judge To given on 30 November 2023 dismissing his application for leave to apply for judicial review.