Tribunal

Setback for Henderson over project in Western

21 Dec 2011

Henderson Land's plans to redevelop a Sai Ying Pun site received a setback when a judicial review upheld the Buildings Department's rejection of the project because the site's ownership is unclear...

Buildings chief challenges ruling

7 Apr 2011

The Buildings Department chief has filed a court challenge against a decision by the buildings appeal tribunal in favour of a redevelopment in Sai Ying Pun.

Cathay wins in promotions case

11 Nov 2010

Cathay Pacific has won a ruling that it need not assess all second officers for promotion to junior first officer before it can hire one from outside.

Judge backs flat owners in row over balconies

21 Sep 2010

A judge has backed two home owners who were ordered to remove balconies built onto the outer wall of their tenement blocks in the 1950s.

Corrections & clarifications

10 Jul 2010

Some of the dates cited by Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal convenor Ronny Tong Ka-wah and published in our report 'Daniel Fung panel took three years to form,' on page A1 on July 7, were...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

15 years on, draft competition law comes to Legco

Fifteen years after debate on the issue began, legislation that seeks to create a level playing field for companies doing business in Hong Kong is set to come before the Legislative Council.

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Moral guardians without a reliable compass ...

People have different moral values which can evolve over time. This makes it difficult to reach a consensus on what constitutes public decency. So it is not surprising that the first stage of a...

Court overturns rejection of high-rise

The Court of First Instance yesterday overturned the Building Authority's rejection of a developer's project in Happy Valley for being too high for the neighbourhood. Fortune Key Limited has...

Developer asks court to overturn rejection of high-rise

A developer behind a Happy Valley project is asking a court to overturn the Building Authority's rejection of its development plan for being too high for the neighbourhood.

Airline faces appeal over its pay rules

Three Cathay Pacific flight attendants who challenged the airline's pay rules won their bid for an appeal yesterday.

Letters

Why the need for obscene articles jury?

I read Frank Ching's ('A serving of justice', February 4) with misgivings. Why is the judiciary so keen on the Obscene Articles Tribunal's...