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[2023] HKCFA 28; (2023) 6 HKC 91

Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

Hong Kong

5th September, 2023

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
NG Hon Lam Edgar v Secretary for Justice	[2024] HKCA 184	Hong Kong Court of Appeal	Hong Kong	26 Feb 2024	HKLII
æ ) v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE	[2023] HKCFA 31; (2023) 6 HKC 173	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	27 Oct 2023	HKLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Constitution
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Civil Partnerships Act 2011 (Qld)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Shum Kwok Sher v HKSAR	[2002] HKCFA 27; (2002) 5 HKCFAR 381; [2002] 3 HKC 117; [2002] 2 HKLRD 793	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	10 Jul 2002	HKLII	125
Leung Kwok Hung v HKSAR	[2005] HKCFA 41; (2005) 8 HKCFAR 229; [2005] 3 HKLRD 164	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	8 Jul 2005	HKLII	124
Director of Immigration v Chong Fung Yuen	[2001] HKCFA 48; (2001) 4 HKCFAR 211; [2001] 2 HKLRD 533	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	20 Jul 2001	HKLII	92
X and Y v The Netherlands	[1985] ECHR 8978/80; (1985) 8 EHRR 235; 81 ILR 103	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 1985	BAILII	92
Tyrer v United Kingdom	[1978] ECHR 2; (1978) 2 EHRR 1	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	25 Apr 1978	BAILII	85
Fok Chun Wa v Hospital Authority	(2012) 15 HKCFAR 409; [2012] 2 HKC 413		Hong Kong	circa 2012		78
Edwards v Attorney-General for Canada	[1929] UKPC 86; [1930] AC 124; [1930] 1 DLR 98	Privy Council	United Kingdom	18 Oct 1929	BAILII	76
Ghulam Rbani v Secretary for Justice	[2014] HKCFA 21; (2014) 17 HKCFAR 138; [2014] 3 HKC 78	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	13 Mar 2014	HKLII	71
Koon Wing Yee v Insider Dealing Tribunal	[2008] HKCFA 21; (2008) 11 HKCFAR 170; [2008] 3 HKLRD 372	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	18 Mar 2008	HKLII	63
Hksar v Ng Kung Siu	[1999] HKCFA 10; [2000] 1 HKC 117; (1999) 2 HKCFAR 442; [1999] 3 HKLRD 907; (1999) 8 BHRC 244	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	15 Dec 1999	HKLII	63
Pretty v Solly	[1859] EngR 249; 53 ER 1032; (1859) 26 Beav 606	Rolls Court	United Kingdom	circa 1859	CommonLII	59
Sheffield and Horsham v United Kingdom	[1998] ECHR 69; (1998) 27 EHRR 163; 5 BHRC 83; [1998] HRCD 758	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	30 Jul 1998	BAILII	58
Gurung Kesh Bahadur v Director of Immigration	[2002] HKCFA 30; (2002) 5 HKCFAR 480; [2002] 2 HKLRD 775	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	30 Jul 2002	HKLII	57
R (AB) v Secretary of State for Justice	[2021] UKSC 28; [2022] AC 487; [2021] 3 WLR 494	United Kingdom Supreme Court	United Kingdom	9 Jul 2021	BAILII	34
Bull v Hall	[2013] UKSC 73; [2014] 1 All ER 919; [2013] 1 WLR 3741	United Kingdom Supreme Court	United Kingdom	27 Nov 2013	BAILII	34
Hamalainen v Finland	[2015] 1 FCR 379; (2014) 37 BHRC 55	Federal Court of Australia	Australia	circa 2015	Legal Online / Westlaw	32
Schalk and Kopf v Austria	(2011) 53 EHRR 20	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2011		28
Swire Properties Ltd v the Secretary for Justice	[2003] HKCFA 48; [2003] 3 HKC 347; (2003) 6 HKCFAR 236; [2003] 2 HKLRD 986	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	7 Jul 2003	HKLII	27
Hksar v Au Kwok Kuen	[2010] 3 HKLRD 371		Hong Kong	circa 2010		26
W v the Registrar of Marriages	[2013] HKCFA 39; [2013] 3 HKC 375; (2013) 16 HKCFAR 112; [2013] 3 HKLRD 90	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	13 May 2013	HKLII	25
Democratic Party v Secretary for Justice	[2007] 2 HKLRD 804		Hong Kong	circa 2007		23
Kwok Wing Hang v Chief Executive in Council	[2020] HKCFA 42; (2020) 23 HKCFAR 518	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	21 Dec 2020	HKLII	20
(1991) 13 Ehrr 204	(1991) 13 EHRR 204	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 1991		20
Comilang Milagros Tecson v Director of Immigration	(2019) 22 HKCFAR 59; [2019] 2 HKC 492		Hong Kong	circa 2019		16
QT v Director of Immigration	[2018] HKCFA 28; (2018) 21 HKCFAR 324; [2018] 4 HKC 403	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	4 Jul 2018	HKLII	15
Suen Toi Lee v Yau Yee Ping	[2001] HKCFA 21; [2002] 1 HKLRD 197; (2001) 4 HKCFAR 474	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	24 Apr 2001	HKLII	14
Leung Chung Kwong v Secretary for Civil Service	[2018] 3 HKLRD 84; (2018) 6 HKC 173		Hong Kong	circa 2018		13
68 Echr 2002-IV	68 ECHR 2002-IV	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2002	BAILII	13
R (Steinfeld) v Secretary of State for International Development	[2020] AC 1		United Kingdom	circa 2020	LexisNexis / Westlaw	12
Leung Chun Kwong v Secretary for the Civil Service	[2019] HKCFA 19; [2019] 4 HKC 281; (2019) 22 HKCFAR 127	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	6 Jun 2019	HKLII	12
176 Echr 2010	176 ECHR 2010	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2010	BAILII	11
Ng Ka Ling v Director of Immigration	(1999) 2 HKCFAR 4		Hong Kong	circa 1999		11
Lendore v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago	[2017] UKPC 25; [2017] 1 WLR 3369	Privy Council	United Kingdom	31 Jul 2017	BAILII	10
Oliari v Italy	(2017) 65 EHRR 26	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2017		10
Vallianatos v Greece	(2014) 59 EHRR 12	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2014		10
"The Place of Comparative Law in the Developing Jurisprudence on the Rule of Law and Human Rights in Hong Kong"	(2007) 37 Hong Kong Law Journal 299	Hong Kong Law Journal	Hong Kong	circa 2007	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	10
ZN v Secretary for Justice	[2019] HKCFA 53; (2020) 23 HKCFAR 15; [2020] 2 HKC 75	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	10 Jan 2020	HKLII	9
R (Steinfeld) v Secretary of State for Education	[2017] EWCA Civ 81; [2018] QB 519; [2017] HRLR 202	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	21 Feb 2017	BAILII	9
102 Echr 2011	102 ECHR 2011	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2011	BAILII	9
85 Echr 2008	85 ECHR 2008	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2008	BAILII	9
MK v Government of Hksar	[2019] HKCFI 2518; [2019] 5 HKLRD 259; (2019) 6 HKC 92	Hong Kong Court of First Instance	Hong Kong	18 Oct 2019	HKLII	8
Infinger v Hong Kong Housing Authority	[2020] 1 HKLRD 1188		Hong Kong	circa 2020		7
Sham TSZ Kit v Secretary for Justice	[2022] HKCA 1247; [2022] 4 HKLRD 368; (2022) 6 HKC 391	Hong Kong Court of Appeal	Hong Kong	24 Aug 2022	HKLII	5
[2020] 4 HKLRD 930	[2020] 4 HKLRD 930		Hong Kong	circa 2020		5
Kwok Cheuk Kin v Director of Lands (No 2)	(2021) 24 HKCFAR 349; (2021) 6 HKC 795		Hong Kong	circa 2021		4
NG Hon Lam Edgar v Secretary for Justice	[2020] HKCFI 2412; [2020] 4 HKLRD 908; [2021] 1 HKC 580	Hong Kong Court of First Instance	Hong Kong	18 Sep 2020	HKLII	4
A-MV v Finland	(2018) 66 EHRR 22	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2018		4
52 Echr 2000-II	52 ECHR 2000-II	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2000	BAILII	4
Fedotova v Russia	(2022) 74 EHRR 28	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2022		3
Popovic v Serbia	(2020) 71 EHRR 29	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2020		3
Correia de Matos v Portugal	(2018) 44 BHRC 319			circa 2018	LexisNexis	3
Maumousseau v France	(2010) 51 EHRR 35	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2010		3
Sham TSZ Kit v Secretary for Justice	[2022] HKCA 1690	Hong Kong Court of Appeal	Hong Kong	10 Nov 2022	HKLII	2
"A Shift In The United Nations Human Rights Committee's Jurisprudence On Marriage Equality? An Analysis Of Two Recent Communications From Australia"	(2019) 42 University of New South Wales Law Journal 747	University of New South Wales Law Journal	Australia	circa 2019	AustLII	2
S v Sweden	(2014) 58 EHRR 36	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 2014		2
Q v Commissioner of Registration	[2023] HKCFA 4; (2023) 26 HKCFAR 25; [2023] 2 HKC 474	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	6 Feb 2023	HKLII	1
Day v Governor of the Cayman Islands	(2022) 52 BHRC 598			circa 2022	LexisNexis	1
Attorney General for Bermuda v Ferguson	(2022) 52 BHRC 617			circa 2022	LexisNexis	1
NG Hon Lam Edgar v the Hong Kong Housing Authority	[2021] HKCFI 1812; [2021] 3 HKLRD 427; [2021] 5 HKC 614	Hong Kong Court of First Instance	Hong Kong	25 Jun 2021	HKLII	1
ORLANDI v ITALY - 26431/12 (Judgment : Violation of - Right to respect for private and family life (Positive obligations - Respect)	[2017] ECHR 1153	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	14 Dec 2017	BAILII	1
X v Iceland - 6825/74	[1976] ECHR 7	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	18 May 1976	BAILII	1
NG Hon Lam Edgar v Secretary for Justice	[2024] HKCA 184	Hong Kong Court of Appeal	Hong Kong	26 Feb 2024	HKLII
æ ) v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE	[2023] HKCFA 31; (2023) 6 HKC 173	Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong	27 Oct 2023	HKLII

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