Lawyers HK have placed an ad on local newspapers to show our appreciation of the Mainland medical team for their assistance in the community testing for COVID-19. Dear readers, if you would like to support us in this initiative, please…
In a recent judgment of the Court of First Instance in relation to an application for a writ of habeas corpus (application requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the…
Legal Aid There is recent media attention regarding a case where legal aid has been refused to the person shot by the police on 1 October 2019, to pursue a civil claim (personal injury) against the police. Does this mean…
Since February this year, members of Lawyers HK have made various donations to buy masks for those in need, including the elderly, low income families, SEN kids, the visually impaired, ethnic minorities, homeless people, cleaners and frontline workers etc. Our…
我們收到一封由116位香港律師致聯合國的信函，信函提及他們對《港區國安法》的一些看法、某些西方國家對《港區國安法》的無理批評和雙重標準、他們希望其他國家不要再干預中國和香港的內部事務、香港過去一年的暴力事件和他們希望香港回復和平穩定的願望。我們在此與大家分享有關信函的內容： 27 July 2020 To: The United Nations Office at Geneva Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Hong Kong National Security Law By now, after almost blanket coverage by Western media, the…
In June, representatives of Lawyers HK donated around 26,000 masks to Hong Chi Association and Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children for the students and the needy. We shall all work together to overcome this crisis.
On 11 July 2020, Lawyers HK was honoured to co-organise a Hong Kong National Security Law Zoom legal forum with the Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong. The speakers were Ms. Maria Tam, Professor Albert Chen and…
我們沒有失去 言論自由 一直以來，言論自由都並非冇限制，只是有很多人（包括法律界人士）在討論「言論自由」時，都故意不把言論自由的限制説出來。 請參考香港法例第383章《香港人權法案條例》第十六條第（二）及第（三）款： 第十六條 意見和發表的自由 …. (二)人人有發表自由之權利；此種權利包括以語言、文字或出版物、藝術或自己選擇之其他方式，不分國界，尋求、接受及傳播各種消息及思想之自由。 (三)本條第(二)項所載權利之行使，附有特別責任及義務，故得予以某種限制，但此種限制以經法律規定，且為下列各項所必要者為限 —— (甲)尊重他人權利或名譽；或 (乙)保障國家安全或公共秩序，或公共衞生或風化。 [比照《公民權利和政治權利國際公約》第十九條] 從上述可見，第（三）款明確指出可以經法律規定為保障國家安全對言論自由作出限制。 我們收到並十分贊同一名會員對有關言論自由的意見。她的英文信件如下： We see from social media posts as well as articles from news media outlets that there is a view that ‘free speech is dead in…
Judiciary’s summary of G Lam J’s #judgement 1. The police have pursuant to a search warrant issued by a magistrate obtained from a hospital certain medical records relating to the applicant. 2. The applicant seeks a declaration that the police’s…
