... 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
... the High Court gives a ruling on his decision to allow the two legislators-elect a second chance to take their oaths of office, RTHK reports. Andrew Leung said it is his constitutional duty to ensure ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-25
... The High Court has set a Nov. 3 hearing of a judicial review challenge by the government against Andrew Leung. -- Contact us at [email protected] SC/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-25
A senior executive at Deutsche Bank was sentenced to 21 months in prison by a district court judge after he was found guilty of one count of dangerous driving causing death. The judge also ordered tha ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-25
... the High Court eventually rules in favor of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in his judicial review application to bar them from retaking their oaths. However, it is important to note that, again, acc ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-25
