Secretary for Justice v. Choy Bing Wing

CACV 193/2005

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 193 OF 2005

(ON APPEAL FROM hcmp nO.4694 OF 2003)

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BETWEEN

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Before : Hon Yeung JA & Tang JA in Court

Date of Hearing : 16 September 2005

Date of Judgment : 16 September 2005

Date of Handing Down Reasons for Judgment : 28 September 2005

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Reasons for judgment

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Hon Yeung JA (giving Reasons for Judgment of the Court):

1.On 18 August 2005, we handed down our judgment dismissing Mr Choy Bing Wing – the Respondent’s appeal against Hartmann J’s order setting down the hearing of the Contempt Proceedings against him together with the necessary directions.

2.Mr Choy sought leave to appeal against our judgment to the Court of Final Appeal. However, he did not appear at the hearing and instead simply submitted written arguments. We could not find any question of great general and public importance or any issue that ought to be submitted to the Court of Final Appeal.

3.There was no valid basis upon which we could accede to Mr Choy’s application.

4.The application was therefore dismissed with costs to be taxed.

Mr Wesley W C Wong of the Department of Justice for the Applicant.

Respondent : In person, absent.