The government has not asked Beijing to interpret the Basic Law in connection with the oath-taking controversy involving two localist lawmakers-elect. This emerged on Thursday at the High Court, where ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
... the High Court to decide whether they are entitled to a second chance, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. A hearing on the issue is set to begin on Thursday. The Legco chief had earlier ruled th ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
... rought to court on Monday. Netizens could not help but feel disgusted by the incident. Some said there must be a toilet nearby and that they should have gone there instead. Others linked the pair to s ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
... the High Court is scheduled to hear the petition. Again, Leung told the media that the antics of the pro-independence Youngspirations pair had caused a "very bad effect" but did not say what he expec ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
... istrates' court adjourned a hearing of the case until December 6 and the defendant was granted bail, Headline Daily reports. The judge said legal opinions will be sought before a decision is made on t ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
... of a 2004 court ruling that elected candidates must take their oaths properly to become legislators. The two Youngspiration members have been outplayed by CY Leung whose countermove is to ensure they ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
A 30-year-old man from Bangladesh has pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault filed against him at the Eastern Magistrates’ court. The court heard on Monday that his alleged victim, a woman ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-01
... like in a court trial, where solid evidence is the only thing that counts, there is often no objective evidence nor any established rules and guidelines in politics based on which one can make sound d ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
... aking the court’s decision null and void by filibustering and bringing Legco’s business to a halt. 3. Andrew Leung, the Legco President, compounded his fellow pro-government legislators’ disregard for ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
A court has found a real estate agent not guilty of charges that she beat up her Indonesian domestic helper. Liu Xinhong, 44, was cleared of a common assault charge filed by her 35-year-old maid Hindu ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
A magistrate's court has ruled that a Mong Kok disco does not have to make any compensation to a complainant after the establishment was found guilty of charging male and female customers different ad ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
... me a High Court judge in 1992 and was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2000. In 2004, he became its vice-president before retiring from the judiciary in 2011. Among other duties, Woo had also serve ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-27
... me a High Court judge in 1992 and was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2000. In 2004, he became its vice-president before retiring in 2011. Apart from Woo, no one has yet declared their intention ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-27
... rnational Court of Justice (ICJ). During the trial, Singapore presented a lot of substantial and tangible evidence based on historical facts and international law theories. For instance, it argued tha ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-27
... nt of the Court of Appeal of the High Court and retired as commissioner of the Interception of Communications and Surveillance Panel of Judges in 2012. He is also a former chairman of the Electoral Af ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-27
Last Tuesday, the High Court denied an application for an interim injunction filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to block the two lawmakers-elect from retaking their oaths of office, saying that ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-27
... istrate's court for sentencing, becoming the first legislator to be handed a jail term for a criminal offense for what he said was a form of protest inside the chamber, the Hong Kong Economic Journal ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
... oaths. A court refused to grant an interim injunction, but set a Nov. 3 hearing date for a judicial review. As the pro-establishment camp warned of fresh filibustering to stop the opposition duo from ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
... ity. At a court hearing on Tuesday, the lawyers accused Tsang of harboring hatred against police officers as a whole, citing his conviction by the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Court, which sentenced him ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
Legco President Andrew Leung has deferred the oath-taking of Sixtus Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching until after the High Court has heard a judicial review filed by the Hong Kong government. It looks li ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
