The following cases were recently reported by the Hon Mr Justice Bokhary. See below for His Lordship’s remarks and observations by way of Editor’s Notes.

Tang Lai v Director of Lands [2021] 3 HKLRD 44

“The foregoing holdings represent the positive reasons why the learned Judge decided as he did. For the arguments which he rejected and why he rejected them, paras.37 and 47 should be consulted.”

HKSAR v Chan Man Sum Ivan (No 2) [2021] 3 HKLRD 94

“This judgment illustrates how the circumstances of a case may give rise to a need to direct the jury on a defence or partial defence even though they are not part of the case positively presented by defence counsel.”

陳玉屏  v Liew Shuk Fui [2021] 3 HKLRD 290

“This case illustrates (i) the sort of circumstances which can arise in some contempt cases and (ii) how it may appear appropriate to deal with them procedurally and then substantively.”

Ng Hon Lam Edgar v Hong Kong Housing Authority [2021] 3 HKLRD 427

“It is worth underlining that neither in letter nor in spirit does what the learned Judge says in para.78 of his judgment depart in any way from equality. The grounds of objection which he mentions in that paragraph by way of example could be raised against a heterosexual marriage as much as against a same-sex marriage.”