Court of Appeal allowed appeal by Police association and granted interim injunction

22 October 2019 – The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal by the Junior Police Officers’ Association of the Hong Kong Police Force against the decision below refusing to grant an interim injunction prohibiting public inspection of the Final Register of electors in the forthcoming District Council election. The Court of Appeal strongly condemned the practice of doxxing and explained the adverse impact such practice has on election and Society. Tony Ko (led by Abraham Chan SC) appeared for the Appellant. The Judgment of the Court of Appeal can be found here and reported in [2019] 5 HKLRD 291.