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Castle Peak Road International Industrial Building is a multi-storey industrial building in Hong Kong whose owners formed a corporation under the Building Management Ordinance (Cap 344) ('the IO'). STL Company Limited, the owner of Unit 9A, installed several mock window frames on the external wall of its unit without prior approval from the management committee. The frames had no openings and were installed for feng shui purposes; though initially unauthorised under the Buildings Ordinance, they were subsequently regularised under the Building (Minor Works) Regulation and a certificate of compliance was issued. The appellant, Centre Chase Investment Limited, owner of Unit 2A, objected in April 2017 to the installation on various grounds including a breach of Clauses 10(e) and (g) of the Deed of Mutual Covenant and s.34I of the Ordinance. In July 2017, the management committee passed a resolution approving the existing non-structural facilities on the external walls (including the Window Frames and air-conditioner supporting frames) until future repair of the external walls, and a general meeting in April 2018 supported this stance by a 75.7% majority.

This appeal challenges the constitutionality of section 27A of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance. [1] The section renders it illegal conduct for a person, during the election period, to engage in public activity inciting others either not to vote at an election or to deal with a ballot paper so as to render it invalid, such conduct being criminally punishable under section 22 of the Ordinance. It is contended that section 27A is an unlawful infringement of the freedom of

The case concerns a Grade 2 historic property at 15 Robinson Road, Mid-levels, owned by the estate of the late Li Sing Kui, who died in 1955. The property has four floors, a roof and a basement/garage, with East and West Wings on the first to third floors. Pak Huen, a son of Li by concubine Madam Chau, occupied the 2/F East Wing and used the 1/F West Wing as a storeroom. Tsang Kwok Cheung, the former cohabitant of another son of Li by Madam Chau (Li Pak Wing), occupied the 3/F West Wing. The administrators of Li's estate brought claims for vacant possession of these three units, which Pak Huen and Tsang defended on the basis of adverse possession. The courts below rejected the adverse possession defences and ordered the sale of the property with vacant possession.

This hearing was originally fixed to deal with an application for bail pending appeal, but, by consent of the parties, it also proceeded by way of an application for leave to appeal against conviction and sentence. The applicant was tried before Deputy Judge W H Ko (the judge) in the District Court, charged with two offences of possession of a false or forged document (Charges 1 and 2) and two offences of obtaining services by deception (Charges 3 and 4). On 24 April 2026, after trial, the

This is an application for leave to appeal against sentence out of time, based solely on the revised sentencing guidelines laid down in HKSAR v Huang Ruifang (No 3) [1] .

The applicant was convicted of a single count of trafficking in a dangerous drug, namely 1,480 grammes of a solid containing 914 grammes of cocaine, contrary to section 4(1)(a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap 134, following a trial in the High Court before Deputy Judge Bruce, SC (“the judge”) and a jury. On 2 August 2021 , she was sentenced to 20 years and 3 months’ imprisonment. By a Form XI filed with the Court on 4 July 2025, she has sought leave to appeal against her sentenc

On 23 December 2024, H H Judge G Chow (“ Judge ”) dismissed the Plaintiff’s application for (i) an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal against the Judgment handed down on 24 October 2024 (“ Judgment ”) [1] and (ii) a stay of execution of the Judgment (“ Decision ”) [2] . On 25 March 2025, the Judge also dismissed the Plaintiff’s application for leave to appeal against the Decision (“ Leave Decision ”) [3] .