... being the Court of Final Appeal. A shortfall of judges, especially in the High Court, detracts from the efficiency and, because of the inevitable delays, the quality of justice. Even the term 'localis ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-16
... People’s Court of Nansha District. In contrast, Liu Da-wei from Dazhou in Sichuan Province was jailed to life for ordering 24 replica guns. Was Liu’s sentence overly harsh? Many netizens have been de ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-15
... he out-of-court settlement is the first of its kind in Hong Kong, and could open the door for similar complaints from citizens who also claim to have been wrongfully arrested and assaulted by police o ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-15
... only the courts which can rule on this question but the question is not put to them and instead arbitrary pronouncements and decisions are made. The fear is, obviously, that after Sept. 4 Legco will ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-15
A 56-year-old lady whose Tibetan mastiffs attacked and severely injured a young woman in Yuen Long in November last year has pleaded not guilty to negligence charges. Appearing in a court Thursday, t ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-12
A man who killed his mentally disabled son was sentenced to four years in jail by the High Court. Choy Sin-hung, 61, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter for stabbing his 15-year-old son in bed about a ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-12
... re facing court trials, with most being charged with one count of rioting. A source who attended the police awards ceremony Wednesday told Apple Daily that Police Sergeant Wong Lok-on, who suffered sk ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-11
... rigorous court scrutiny. Unfortunately, I don't think any decent government lawyer with the DOJ would ever consider the grounds based on which Leung was disqualified as “overwhelmingly substantial”. ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-11
... istrate's court on Tuesday, each charged with one count of theft stemming from a June 4 mugging of a 32-year-old woman, surnamed Chan, and her young children. Sentencing is set for Aug. 30, pending a ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
A Kowloon City Magistrates’ Court, accepting a motion from the prosecution, dropped the charge of rioting against four people who were previously accused of participating in the Feb. 8 clashes between ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
... rnational court ruling against China in an arbitration case brought by the Philippines, foreign envoys said. The ruling last month, stridently rejected by Beijing, found no legal basis to China's swee ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
... istrates’ Court heard. She also rubbed freshly cut chili peppers on the girl’s face. The girl tried to call her mother to report what Aviria did to her, but the maid grabbed the mobile phone and cut ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-09
... rnational court in The Hague ruled against China's sweeping claims in the resource-rich region, a ruling emphatically rejected by Beijing. The United States has urged China and other claimants not to ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-09
Guangdong province has set up a special court to deal with disputes arising from the closure of "zombie enterprises", Reuters said, citing a report from the official China Daily newspaper. The Guangdo ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-09
Former President Fidel V. Ramos is on a mission to rekindle friendly relations with China strained by an international court ruling over disputed waters in the South China Sea in favor of the Philippi ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-09
... the main court complex in Quetta, senior police official Nadeem Shah told Reuters. Police cordoned off the hospital following the blast, restricting access to the area. Targeted killings have become ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
Solicitor Mary Jean Reimer is said to be filing a lawsuit with the High Court on Monday against Sik Chi-ding, the Buddhist nun accused of stealing money from Ting Wai Monastery in Tai Po last October. ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... reaking a court order more than a year ago, the island's state-owned Central News Agency said. Liu was fined NT$1,000 (US$31.7) for using a mobile phone while riding a scooter and was later handed ov ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... about the court rulings afterwards, hence the charges of “treason” against the professor. In fact, Chiang was only an innocent victim of an ongoing political conflict between the ruling Democratic Pro ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... an at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland, sport's highest court. "It is prejudice and politicization ... There will be a legal appeal to CAS," Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
