We act for 803 Funds Limited in an application for judicial review against the Secretary for Education (the “Secretary”) challenging his decision in refusing to disclose to our client the names of teachers and schools, the findings and results of the investigation in substantiated misconduct cases (the “Withheld Information”). Our client submitted to the Court that the Secretary’s decision should be quashed based on the following reasons:
1. The Secretary made an error in making a blanket denial on the disclosure of the Withheld Information on the ground that those are personal data while the names of schools and the findings and results are clearly not personal data.
2. Parents have a right to know and the disclosure of the Withheld Information will assist parents in choosing schools for their children to enroll into.
This case is led by our Litigation Partner, Mr. Alex Chan, and assisted by our Associate, Mr. Alan So.

This case has been reported extensively by the media after the court hearing on 20 May 2021. Below is a link to a media report published by Speakout Hong Kong:

https://www.speakout.hk/港人點播/71637/-