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Sir Anthony Mason is seen leaving the Court of Final Appeal in 1999. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong

Legal Tales | Tribute to towering jurist: how the late Sir Anthony Mason shaped Hong Kong courts

Former Australian chief justice is best known to Hong Kong people as one of the first non-permanent judges for the Court of Final Appeal.

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Here’s what an executive-led government really means in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong campsite operator who murdered ‘alien’ girlfriend jailed for life

Hong Kong national security law

Former Hong Kong lawmaker denies abetting criminal activity in mainland China

Ex-lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan says those backed by his alliance should not have been considered as violating mainland law in the first place.

Lee Cheuk-yan poses for a photograph at the Legislative Council Complex in 2016. Photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong society

Anthony Mason, who helped put top Hong Kong court on the map, dies at age 100

City leader, current and former top judges pay tribute to former Australian chief justice and praise ‘his profound wisdom and illustrious experience’.

Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong loses appeal against 2019 Legco storming conviction

Court of Appeal also dismissed complaints by six others convicted over storming of Legislative Council Complex during protests.

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Hong Kong national security law

One-party rule contradicts constitution, anti-China activist tells trial

Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan says call to end ‘dictatorship’ promotes democratic rights, does not mean ousting Communist Party.

Former lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan stands accused of subversion over calls to end China’s “one-party dictatorship”. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | White paper documents the strength of Hong Kong’s security shield

Beijing’s latest white paper on Hong Kong clears up misconceptions by chronicling the progress made on protecting national security.

Crime in Hong Kong

Senior Hong Kong policeman denies molesting clerk in indecent assault case

Civil Service Bureau clerk accuses officer Ian Chow, 50, of patting her buttocks and propositioning her multiple times in 2024.

Hong Kong national security law

2 anti-China activists have case to answer in subversion trial, court rules

Hong Kong judges say prosecutors’ evidence suggests Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung might have incited others to oust Communist Party leadership.

Chow Hang-tung is former vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which was disbanded in 2021. Photo: Getty Images
Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Editorial | Judy Chan careless driving case a reminder of high expectations for lawmakers

It makes a mockery of the rule of law if those who write Hong Kong’s legislation do not follow the law themselves.

Judy Chan passes through a gate at an MTR station, opting for public transport as she leaves Eastern Court after receiving a fine on March 9. Photo: Jelly Tse
Law

Legal Tales | Graham A. Harris, a giant of the Hong Kong Bar

Harris, who died on March 10, joins select group elected as Life Members.

Crime in Hong Kong

Former Hong Kong councillor jailed for laundering phone scam proceeds

Sheep Wong, who said he wanted to repay gambling debts and help cover his father’s medical costs, sentenced to three years and nine months.

Hong Kong police

Policeman gets 16 months for extorting HK$60,000 from rape case suspect

Ng Wai-fung jailed after ‘pursuing justice’ for a 16-year-old girl by demanding money from a suspect he thought prosecutors had wrongly freed.

Hong Kong police officer Ng Wai-fung was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment at District Court in Wan Chai. Photo: Jelly Tse
Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)

CityU professor convicted of offering HK$1,000 bribe to avoid tenancy payout

The 48-year-old claimed he believed the tenancy deal was a non-binding memorandum, which the court rejected as ‘incredible’.

A CityU professor has been convicted of offering HK$1,000 bribe. Photo: May Tse
Crime in Hong Kong

Immigration Department worker who repeatedly assaulted wife, son spared jail

Defendant ‘ATK’ sentenced to 200 hours of community service for assaults that took place between 2021 and 2025.

Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong woman faces 2019 protest charges after returning from Australia

Ami Chan Hui-ching, charged with possessing laser pointers and spray paint for illegal use in anti-government protests, released on HK$10,000 bail.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong lawmaker Judy Chan fined HK$2,000 for driving against traffic

Eastern Court also suspends Chan, 45, from driving for a month.

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Judy Chan takes the MTR after leaving Eastern Court. Photo: Jelly Tse
Jimmy Lai

Former Apple Daily executive editor appeals 10-year sentence in Hong Kong

Lam Man-chung becomes the second defendant in high-profile national security case to seek reduced sentence for collusion offences.

Hong Kong

Sacking of teacher for anti-police remarks reasonable, appeal court rules

Secretary for the civil service was entitled to sack 27-year veteran Toffee Tam and strip her of all retirement benefits, Court of Appeal says.

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Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Hong Kong domestic helper jailed for 27 months over fatal runaway car accident

Reshielle Lagurin Magsino was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving after her unsecured car rolled down slope, killing woman.

The unsecured car rolled down a slope on Peel Street and crossed Staunton Street, killing one person and injuring seven others. Photo: Edmond So
Jimmy Lai trial

Jimmy Lai will not appeal 20-year sentence after national security trial: source

Legal source confirms 78-year-old Apple Daily founder will not file application to Court of Appeal before standard 28-day deadline.

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Jimmy Lai was last month sentenced to 20 years in prison over his conviction on two conspiracy counts of collusion with foreign forces and a third of conspiracy to print and distribute seditious articles. Photo: AFP
Press freedom in Hong Kong

Hong Kong court upholds limits on journalists’ instant access to car registry

High Court judge notes public importance and press implications, but rules the government’s handling of data requests not unlawful or unreasonable.

Urban Renewal Authority (HK)

16 Hongkongers sued for refusing to vacate homes in HK$15 billion URA project

Residents living on Nam Kok Road and Nga Tsin Long Road failed to hand over flats by October 17 and ignored second deadline on January 22.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong man freed after court finds pastor forced confession in poisoning case

Court found that Ye Wen-fei, 29, admitted to poisoning woman with sodium nitrate in 2024 only after father intimidated him into admitting alleged crime.

The High Court in Admiralty. Ye Wen-fei was released immediately after the judge overturned his conviction and two-year jail term. Photo: Sun Yeung
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man denies intent to kill girlfriend, says ‘she was an alien’

Tang Lung-fai, 56, admits causing girlfriend’s death in 2022 scuffle but denies he intended to murder her.

The couple lived in a single-storey house in Mui Tsz Lam village in Ma On Shan. Photo: Felix Wong
Law

Legal Tales | Why AI cannot – and should not – replace human judges

The limitations of large language models like ChatGPT go well beyond hallucinations, and the courtroom is no place for probabilistic guesswork.

Crime in Hong Kong

Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker Chim Pui-chung granted HK$5 million bail in fraud appeal

Chim, 79, was convicted in 2024 for conspiring with his son and others to defraud a listed company and the city’s stock exchange.

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