Landmark cases — Hong Kong

The Hong Kong authorities every law student is expected to cite. Citations follow Hong Kong neutral citation; full text on HKLII.

• Ng Ka Ling v Director of Immigration (1999) 2 HKCFAR 4Constitutional · 1999

  Right of abode under Basic Law and CFA's interpretive authority.

• HKSAR v Lam Kwong Wai (2006) 9 HKCFAR 574Criminal · 2006

  Reverse-onus and presumption of innocence under Basic Law Art 87.

• Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration (2013) 16 HKCFAR 45Constitutional / Immigration · 2013

  Foreign domestic helpers and ordinary residence under Basic Law Art 24(2)(4).