New judgments

The appellant (whom we shall call “D1”) was convicted in the High Court on 5 February 2024 before Deputy Judge Tony Li (“the judge”) and a jury of two counts of trafficking in dangerous drugs [1] (Counts 1 and 2) and one count of obstructing a police officer in the due execution of his duty [2] (Count 3). He was sentenced to an overall term of 24 years and 10 months’ imprisonment.

The appellant was charged with a single count of trafficking in a dangerous drug, namely 1,999 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 1,992 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride (commonly known as “Ice”), contrary to section 4(1)(a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap 134. He pleaded guilty before Barnes J (“the judge”) in the High Court on 4 October 2021, which had originally been the date fixed for the case management hearing after retrial dates had already been set down [1]

This is an appeal by the plaintiff against the decision of Mimmie Chan J (“the Judge”) dated 26 July 2022 [1] (“the Decision”), by which she dismissed the plaintiff’s application (“the Setting Aside Application”) to set aside the Final Award on Merits and Quantum dated 21 October 2021 [2] (“the Award”) made in Hong Kong by a three‑member tribunal (“the Tribunal”) in Arbitration Proceedings No HKIAC/A19169 (“the Arbitration”). The Setting Aside Application was made pursuant to s.81 of the Arbi

This is the Defendant’s renewed application by summons dated 29 January 2026 (“ Leave Summons ”) for leave to appeal against the order of Harris J dated 3 November 2025 (“ Order ”), by which the Judge dismissed the Defendant’s application for him to recuse himself from the substantive hearing of the Plaintiff’s Originating Summons (“ the Originating Summons ”) seeking an order that the Defendant be committed for contempt of court.

原審共涉15名被告人及18項控罪，D1為英基學校協會轄下的烏溪沙幼稚園（「 該幼稚園 」）的一名行政人員，是英基教育服務有限公司（「 英基 」）的僱員；D2至D14為該幼稚園學童的家長；D15被指為一名家長的代理人。控罪主要指D1作為英基的代理人索取利益，而D2至D15各自（或與另一被告）與D1串謀使D1作為英基的代理人接收利益，安排子女優先插隊入讀。