LAU KONG YUNG AND OTHERS V. THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION

[1999] HKCFA 4 Court of Final Appeal 3 December 1999 • FACV10/1999 • 84 min read
17 cases cited (0 HK, 17 foreign)

Outcome

Leave to appeal granted

leave to apply for judicial review is granted, amendment of the grounds should rarely occur.

Source: [1999] HKCFA 4, Court of Final Appeal, decided 3 December 1999. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (5)

Anthony Mason Coram Bokhary Coram Ching Coram Court: Chief Justice Li Coram Litton Coram

Counsel (5)

Denis Chang Counsel Respondent Geoffrey Ma Counsel Appellant Gladys Li Counsel Respondent Joseph Fok SC Counsel Appellant Margaret Ng Counsel Respondent

Parties (4)

Director of Immigration Appellant Director of Immigration Respondent Lau Kong Yung Appellant Lau Kong Yung (an infant Respondent

Statutes Cited

Basic Law
Art 158 Art 158(1) Art 158(3) Art 22(4) Art 24(2) Art 39 Art 8
High Court Ordinance (Cap 4)
s 21I
Immigration Ordinance (Cap 115)
s 19(1)(b)
Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap 1)
Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A)

Cases Cited (17)

UK (9)
[1948] 1 KB 223 [1977] AC 1064 [1983] 2 AC 629 [1985] 1 AC 374 [1985] AC 374 [1993] AC 682 [1995] 1 WLR 386 [1997] 1 WLR 68 [1998] 3 WLR 1095
HK (8)
(1999) 2 HKCFAR 4 (1999) 2 HKCFAR 82 [1999] 1 HKC 291 [1999] 1 HKC 347 [1999] 1 HKLRD 304 [1999] 1 HKLRD 315 [1999] 2 HKLRD 516 [1999] 2 HKLRD 58

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 270 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2002] HKCFA 37 Court of Final Appeal
10 January 2002
[2002] HKCFA 6 Court of Final Appeal
10 January 2002
[2002] HKCFA 7 Court of Final Appeal
10 January 2002
[2001] HKCFA 48 Court of Final Appeal
20 July 2001
[2016] HKCA 89 Court of Appeal
8 March 2016
[2016] HKCA 90 Court of Appeal
8 March 2016
[2016] HKCA 91 Court of Appeal
8 March 2016
[2013] HKCFA 17 Court of Final Appeal
25 March 2013

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Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([1999] HKCFA 4)