Law Useful Websites: HK - Judgments & Decisions

This guide introduces selected general reference sources on Hong Kong legal materials in the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library.

These judgments can be found in the Basic Law Bulletin via the link provided on this website

The Competition Tribunal is a tribunal set up under the Competition Ordinance (Chapter 619 of the Laws of Hong Kong), as part of the Judiciary, to hear and decide cases connected with competition law in Hong Kong

Judgments which are of significance as legal precedents on points of law, practice and procedure of the courts and of public interests from the following courts delivered between 1946 and 1948, and from 1966 onwards are available on this website: Court of Final Appeal (since its establishment in 1997), Court of Appeal of the High Court, Court of First Instance of the High Court, District Court, Family Court, Lands Tribunal. In the normal course of events, a judgment will be published on this website within 3 working days of its being received. Cases of great importance or public interest will be put under "Newly Added Judgments" on the same day of their delivery.

Some of the High Court Writs from 1993-2012 can be found on the South China Morning Post. (This section has been removed recently from the online SCMP. Users can find high court writs by conducting keyword searches OR search in the Law & Crime section on SCMP for all the latest breaking news from Hong Kong's courts, legislative issues, crime and legal news.)

The Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII - pronounced 'H K Lee') is a free access legal information system developed and jointly operated by the University of Hong Kong Department of Computer Science and Faculty of Law, with the kind assistance of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). HKLII's mission is to provide free access to primary legal materials from Hong Kong (and some publicly available secondary materials).

This webpage maintains a database of judgments especially related to mediation in Hong Kong.