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CACV73/2020 JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION OF THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND ANOTHER v. ELECTORAL …
Mr Paul Shieh SC, Mr Robert Pang SC and Ms Natalie So, instructed by L & L
Lawyers, for the intervener
[1] See [48] to [53] and [56] of the Judgment.
[2] See [57] to [60] of the Judgment.
[3] At [4] to [7] of the CA judgment.
[4] At [26] to [28] of the Judgment.
[5] See also [20] of the CA Judgment which referred to the grant of interim
injunction against doxxing in favour of newspaper and news reporters.
[6] Such practices were described at [18] of the CA Judgment.
[7] Discussed by the Judge at [49] to [53] of the Judgment.
[8] See [70] to [72] of the Judgment. He cited the judgment of the English
Divisional Court in Corporate Officer of the House of Common v The
Information Commissioner [2008] EWHC 1084 (Admin) in support. That case
was decided in the context of ordinary circumstances (see [38] of that
judgment) when the relevant rules had provision for exception for special
security reason, see [35]). The Divisional Court also added at the end of the
judgment at [44] that were there be change of circumstances, the issues of
privacy might lead to a different conclusion.
[9] See [75] of the Judgment.
[10] See Judgment [74] and [84(6)].
[11] See [89(3)] of the Judgment. The relevant overseas regimes are
summarized in a table at Appeal Bundle B(1) p. 146 to 147. As noted by the
Judge, there are jurisdictions where public inspection of electoral registers is,
like our present system, unrestricted.
[12] See [77] to [80] of the Judgment.
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