History will judge minimum wage decision, court rules

Updated at 7.20pm: History would have to be the judge of whether the government's refusal to consider a minimum wage for low paid workers was justified, a court ruled on Wednesday.

Mr Justice Michael Hartmann in the Court of First Instance made the observation as he dismissed an application for judicial review of the chief executive's refusal to implement a minimum wage for some of the city's lowest-paid workers.

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