New judgments

高等法院原訟法庭法官楊家雄(當時官階) (「 楊法官 」) 於2025年1月13日頒令駁回申請人提出的司法 覆核 許可申請及頒發判決書 (「 判決書 」) 。

This is an application by summons dated 4 February 2026 (“ Summons ”) issued by the petitioner/wife (“ W ”) for leave to adduce further evidence in her appeal against the judgment of His Honour Judge George Own dated 23 August 2024 (“ Judgment ”) [1] and his subsequent decision on 9 September 2024 refusing W’s application to re-open the ancillary relief trial to adduce updated valuation information of the matrimonial assets (“ Re-opening Summons ” and “ Refusal

On 20 March 2026, this court handed down our decision [1] (“ the CA Decision ”) allowing the 1 st defendant’s (“ D1 ”)’s application for security for costs (“ the Security for Costs Application ”) in respect of the plaintiff’s (“ P ”)’s appeal against the judgment of Herbert Au-Yeung J (“ the Judge ”) dated 21 January 2025 [2] .

On 4 December 2024, the applicant was sentenced by Recorder Maggie Wong SC (the judge) to 20 years and 7 months’ imprisonment for two counts of trafficking in dangerous drugs, involving 9.864 kilogrammes of heroin (Count 1) and 10.64 kilogrammes of heroin and 5.85 kilogrammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride (commonly known as Ice) (Count 2).

After the trial date had been fixed, the applicant (D2 at trial) pleaded guilty on 3 November 2017 to a joint charge with D1 of trafficking in a dangerous drug, namely 3.02 kilogrammes of a crystalline solid containing 2.95 kilogrammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride (commonly known as “Ice”), contrary to section 4(1)(a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap 134 [1] . On 6 November 2017, Deputy Judge Stuart-Moore (“the judge”) sentenced him to 16 years