AGLC4 Rule 19.1: Hong Kong: Cases

Hong Kong cases follow chapter 2, but the names of individuals, both parties and judges, are generally given in full; given names may be left out when they are not needed to identify the person. Authorised series (HKLRD, HKCFAR and HKLR) should be cited where available, and Hong Kong Cases otherwise.

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Formatting

  • The case name is italic and gives individuals' names in full, in the order used in the report.
  • A series organised by year takes a square-bracket year; a series organised by volume takes a round-bracket year.
  • A comma separates the starting page from a pinpoint, and a paragraph pinpoint in square brackets follows the page pinpoint after a space.
  • A judge follows in round brackets after the pinpoint.
  • The court may be added at the end in round brackets where it is not apparent (rule 2.2.6).
  • A medium neutral citation uses the court identifier, as in HKCA, after the square-bracket year.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 234
  1. 1
    Ng Ka Ling v Director of Immigration [1999] 1 HKLRD 315.
  2. 2
    Victor Chandler (International) Ltd v Zhou Chu Jian He (2007) 12 HKPLR 595, 601 [24] (Court of First Instance).
  3. 3
    Penny’s Bay Investment Co Ltd v Director of Lands [2009] 1 HKC 391.
  4. 4
    Hong Kong Special Administrative Region v Lau Wai Wo (2003) 6 HKCFAR 624.
  5. 5
    Discovery Bay Services Management Ltd v David Buxhaum [1995] HKDCLR 7, 9 (Downey J).
  6. 6
    Faithway Enterprise Ltd v Lee Wan [2007] HKCA 175.

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 234
  • HKLRD
  • HKCFAR
  • HKLR
  • HKC

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.