LO KWOK KUEN DANWAY v SECRETARY FOR JUSTICEfor and on behalf ofTHE GOVERNMENT OFTHE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

Read the full judgment text of CACV 180/2016 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 25 April 2017.

1. The issue in this appeal is ‘Can the Government (the defendant in the present case) deduct from the pension benefits of a civil servant (the plaintiff in the present case) debts owing to it by the civil servant who was made a bankrupt but has since been discharged from bankruptcy’?  Deputy District Judge Maurice Chan’s answer to the question was ‘yes’.  The plaintiff now appeals.