Hong Kong legal_professional_privilegeduty_to_reportlegal_aid_regulations

MK v Director of Legal Aid

[2023] HKCA 495

JurisdictionHong Kong

CourtHong Kong Court of Appeal

Year2023

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The Court of Appeal held that Regulation 21 of the Legal Aid Regulations (Cap 91A) abrogates legal professional privilege without the temporal limitation imposed by the Court of First Instance, reversing the CFI's holding that only post-application LPP information could be disclosed under the regulation.

Area of Law

public-law

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