K V. SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY AND ANOTHER

[2025] HKCFI 3170 Court of First Instance 23 July 2025 • HCAL646/2022 • 56 min read

11 cases cited (0 HK, 11 foreign)

Outcome

Leave to appeal granted

leave to apply for judicial review is granted, and the substantive application succeeds to the following extent, and gives rise to the following relief as seems to me to be appropriate in the exercise of my discretion.

Source: [2025] HKCFI 3170, Court of First Instance, decided 23 July 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (1)

Coleman Coram

Counsel (5)

Daly & Associates Firm Department of Justice Firm Bonnie Y K Cheng Counsel Respondent Harrison Miao Counsel Respondent Timothy Parker Counsel Applicant

Parties (4)

Secretary for Environment Defendant Secretary for Environment and Ecology Putative Respondent Secretary for Justice Putative Respondent Ecology Defendant

Statutes Cited

Basic Law

Art 25

Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap 1)

Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance

s 35

Cases Cited (11)

UK (1)

[2005] UKHL 37

HK (10)

(2006) 9 HKCFAR 574 (2012) 15 HKCFAR 409 (2013) 16 HKCFAR 112 (2016) 19 HKCFAR 372 (2018) 21 HKCFAR 324 (2019) 22 HKCFAR 127 (2023) 26 HKCFAR 25 [2018] 4 HKLRD 38 [2018] HKCA 173 [2022] 1 HKLRD 803