Director of Social Welfare
Director of Social Welfare appears in 6 reported Hong Kong court cases (2024–2025), most often before the HKCFI.
About Director of Social Welfare
Director of Social Welfare appears in 6 reported Hong Kong court cases (2024–2025). Director of Social Welfare is recorded as Defendant (1), Plaintiff (3) and Respondent (2). These cases were heard before HKCFI (5) and HKCA (1).
Source: derived from 6 published Hong Kong judgments, most recent decision . Published on HKLII.
How many Singapore court cases involve Director of Social Welfare?
Director of Social Welfare appears in 6 reported Hong Kong court cases (2024–2025).
Which courts does Director of Social Welfare appear in?
Director of Social Welfare appears before HKCFI (5) and HKCA (1).
In the court record
Director of Social Welfare is a party organization that has appeared before the Hong Kong courts in varied roles, most often as the plaintiff, across the Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal between 2024 and 2025. Reported matters as plaintiff include Director of Social Welfare v FC and Another [2025] HKCFI 4249 and [2025] HKCFI 4250, and Director of Social Welfare v LPK (and 6 Others) [2025] HKCFI 3344.
The office has also appeared as respondent, in LCSJ v LSHA and Another [2024] HKCA 573 and B v B and Another [2024] HKCFI 3356, and as defendant in CPKB v Director of Social Welfare [2025] HKCFI 5918. The reported matters concern Children, Custody & Adoption and Mental Capacity & Guardianship.
What role does the Director of Social Welfare most often play in Hong Kong litigation?
The Director of Social Welfare most often appears as the plaintiff, as in Director of Social Welfare v FC and Another [2025] HKCFI 4249, though the office has also appeared as respondent and defendant in other Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal filings.
What subject matter is covered in cases naming the Director of Social Welfare?
The reported matters concern Children, Custody & Adoption and Mental Capacity & Guardianship, including Director of Social Welfare v LPK (and 6 Others) [2025] HKCFI 3344 and CPKB v Director of Social Welfare [2025] HKCFI 5918.