Hong Kong justice department hires Queen’s Counsel David Perry to prosecute protest case against Jimmy Lai, eight others

• Perry has tackled a raft of high-profile cases in the city over the past decade, including the bribery trial of Donald Tsang and that of the ‘milkshake murderer’
• Case’s complexity and ‘real and significant impact’ on freedom of assembly justifies special arrangement, rules High Court Chief Judge Jeremy Poon