... ce of the Court of Final Appeal, said Monday in a speech at the ceremonial opening of the Legal Year 2016. Ma said the public interest is always involved in judicial reviews, and a decision of the cou ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
... istrates’ Court, Apple Daily reported. Her lawyer told the court it was Gomera's first time to work as a domestic helper in Hong Kong, and she couldn't control her urge to steal because it was the fir ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-11
... ew of the court ruling, the AFCD issued a license allowing Chan to keep the monkey as a household pet. Chan Yiu-wing said he spent several years establishing a relationship with Kam Ying, who appeared ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-08
... istrate's court to three counts of unlawful assembly. The magistrate handed out the sentence on the recommendation of a community service order report. He said Lam and Li, who were young and had good ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-08
... istrate's court Wednesday to staying illegally in a prohibited zone at the airport. She was sentenced to six months in prison, Apple Daily reported Thursday. Hospital Authority figures show that there ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
A dog fight in a Quarry Bay park has become the subject of a court case. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) filed a case against a dog owner for failing to restrain her pet from causi ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
Two former government officials have been cleared of charges of rent allowance fraud, as the Court of Final Appeal on Wednesday overturned a previous guilty verdict by a lower court. Former Secretary ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
A court has accepted China's first same-sex marriage case, lodged by a gay man against a civil affairs bureau for denying him the right to marry. While homosexuality is not illegal in China, and large ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
... the High Court demanding the abolition of this policy, which on the face of it gives indigenous villagers in the New Territories preferential treatment over other Hongkongers. It seems the Heung Yee ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
A sales manager who claimed to earn HK$700,000 a year (US$90,300) was convicted in a Kwun Tong magistrate's court for annoying a woman by using obscene language in a park, Headline Daily reported Wedn ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
... istrate's court heard Monday. The four, who are charged with obtaining access to a computer with a dishonest intent, include three former teachers at the school, surnamed Cheng, Tsang, and Wong. The o ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
... lenged in court and hard to enforce. Guns are a potent issue in US politics. The National Rifle Association, the top US gun rights group, is feared and respected in Washington for its ability to mobil ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
... n federal court in Manhattan on Monday, a lawyer for Ng Lap Seng, 68, said the Chinese citizen would withdraw a request for a speedy trial in the bribery case, Reuters reported. The lawyer, Benjamin B ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
... citing a court complaint. Nikolaishvili injured Pei’s arm while grabbing a phone from him after the architect threatened to call the police because she did “something bad”, a police officer said. Pei ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
... ndants in court have been denied access to lawyers. Riyadh denies torture and says its judiciary is independent. – Contact us at [email protected] FL/CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
... March, a court in Germany banned Uber since it did not fully insure drivers and passengers. In Taiwan, authorities said Uber cannot guarantee the “professional experience of drivers” and this could u ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-01
A Hong Kong court has fined a property agent after he was accused of passing on an acquaintance's personal data to a financial planner without taking prior consent. The agent, a man surnamed Leung, wa ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
... ared at a courthouse in Elkins Park, just outside Philadelphia, accompanied by two lawyers. He was ordered to turn over his passport and avoid any contact with his accuser after posting a US$1 million ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
A 54-year-old suspect in a series of robberies, who turned himself in to the police earlier this year after evading the law for 22 years, was sentenced to 15 months in jail. High Court Judge Audrey Ca ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
A civil servant has filed a writ in the High Court to challenge the government's refusal to recognize his same-sex marriage and grant him the same rights and benefits that are due to married persons. ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
