[2024] HKCFA 16, TAM SZE LEUNG AND OTHERS V. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE - Appeal dismissed

Practice Areas

Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime Judicial Review & Immigration

Judges (5)

Cheung Coram Fok Coram Lam Coram Lord Collins of Mapesbury Coram Ribeiro Coram

Counsel (7)

Department of Justice Firm O Tse & Co Firm Abraham Chan Counsel Applicant Geoffrey Yeung Counsel Applicant Jenkin Suen Counsel Respondent Peter Dong Counsel Respondent Timothy Parker Counsel Applicant

Parties (5)

Commissioner of Police Respondent Kong Chan Applicant Lee Ka Lo Applicant Tam Chung Wai Applicant Tam Sze Leung Applicant

Summary

Tam Sze Leung and others challenged the Commissioner of Police's decisions regarding the policing of public assemblies and the proper exercise of police powers under the Public Order Ordinance. The case raised constitutional questions about the right to peaceful assembly and the proportionality of police restrictions. The appeal addressed important questions of civil liberties.

Cases Cited (1)

HK (1)

[2024] HKCFA 8

Cited By (1)

[2024] HKCFA 27

LUI MING LOK (雷明樂) V. NG IM FONG LORETTA (伍艷芳), THE EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF LUI KWAN CHEUNG (雷均祥), DECEASED UNDER THE GRANT OF PROBATE NO.HCAG016896/2015

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 1 later judgment. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2024] HKCFA 27 Court of Final Appeal

16 September 2024