While Covid-19 updates from around the world continue to make generally grim reading, it is a pleasure to convey some positive news as Hong Kong deals with the pandemic far more effectively than many jurisdictions.
First, use of video technology in our court rooms is gathering pace and, last Friday, we at Boase Cohen & Collins played our own small part in this new era with a judicial review hearing that was held remotely. The key players were at three locations, namely Court No.13 in the High Court, which had been adapted for the purpose (and indeed, had hosted a remote hearing the day before), and the respective counsel’s chambers. MORE.