Commissioner of Police
Commissioner of Police appears in 16 reported Hong Kong court cases (2024–2026), most often before the HKCFI.
About Commissioner of Police
Commissioner of Police appears in 16 reported Hong Kong court cases (2024–2026). Commissioner of Police is recorded as Respondent (7), Defendant (7) and Putative Respondent (5). These cases were heard before HKCFI (9), HKCA (4) and HKCFA (3).
Source: derived from 16 published Hong Kong judgments, most recent decision . Published on HKLII.
How many Singapore court cases involve Commissioner of Police?
Commissioner of Police appears in 16 reported Hong Kong court cases (2024–2026).
Which courts does Commissioner of Police appear in?
Commissioner of Police appears before HKCFI (9), HKCA (4) and HKCFA (3).
In the court record
The Commissioner of Police is a Hong Kong government office whose reported litigation, spanning 2024 to 2026, runs across the Court of Final Appeal, the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance, and concerns primarily Judicial Review & Immigration alongside Drug Offences and Criminal Law matters. At the Court of Final Appeal it has been respondent in CB v. Commissioner of Police, Secretary for Justice, Secretary for Security [2025] HKCFA 10 and in Tam Sze Leung and Others v. Commissioner of Police [2024] HKCFA 16 and [2024] HKCFA 8. In the Court of Appeal it has appeared as respondent in Chan Kung Shun and Others v. Commissioner of Police (and 1 other) [2024] HKCA 75, and as putative respondent in CB v. Commissioner of Police and Another [2024] HKCA 1086, [2024] HKCA 172 and Chan Kin Man v. Commissioner of Police [2025] HKCA 542.
At first instance the office has most often appeared as defendant, including in Cheng Yiu Tong v. The Commissioner of Police [2026] HKCFI 227, LN v. Commissioner of Police [2025] HKCFI 3604, Leung Chun Fu v. Commissioner of Police [2025] HKCFI 2675, Wang Shuiting and Others v. Commissioner of Police [2025] HKCFI 352 and Leung Kam Chung Kenneth v. Commissioner of Police [2024] HKCFI 2734.
What role does the Commissioner of Police play in Court of First Instance proceedings?
At the Court of First Instance the Commissioner of Police most often appears as defendant, as in Cheng Yiu Tong v. The Commissioner of Police [2026] HKCFI 227 and Leung Kam Chung Kenneth v. Commissioner of Police [2024] HKCFI 2734.
Has the Commissioner of Police appeared before the Court of Final Appeal?
Yes, as respondent, including in Tam Sze Leung and Others v. Commissioner of Police [2024] HKCFA 16 and CB v. Commissioner of Police, Secretary for Justice, Secretary for Security [2025] HKCFA 10.