Judiciary
Leading cases on bail, jury displacement, designated judges, search, overseas counsel, NSC decisions, and open justice.
FACC 1/2021; [2021] HKCFA 3
The first Court of Final Appeal decision on the National Security Law, central to later debates on pre-trial detention and the statutory bail standard.
CACV 293/2021; [2021] HKCA 912
A leading procedural case on Article 46 and the displacement of jury trial in the first NSL prosecution.
HCCC 280/2020; [2021] HKCFI 2200 and [2021] HKCFI 2239
The first completed NSL trial, central to debates over offence interpretation, expressive conduct, non-jury adjudication, and sentencing.
HCMP 1218/2020; HCAL 738/2022; [2022] HKCFI 2688
A key case for examining how investigative powers interact with media freedom, privilege, and digital device searches.
FAMV 591/2022; [2022] HKCFA 23
The case preceded the 2022 NPCSC interpretation and frames the overseas-counsel strand of the NSL procedural debate.
HCCC 51/2022; [2023] HKCFI 1440
A major pre-trial ruling on designated judges, public statements, overseas counsel, and alleged abuse of process.
CACV 166/2023; [2024] HKCA 400
A central institutional case on the reviewability of National Security Committee decisions after the NPCSC interpretation.
HCAL 401/2022
A procedural case useful for research on transparency, reporting restrictions, and open justice in national security proceedings.
FAMC 32/2021; [2021] HKCFA 42; (2021) 24 HKCFAR 417
Key bail decision extending Article 42 analysis beyond offences created by the NSL to local sedition offences treated as endangering national security.
DCCC 27/2021; [2021] HKDC 1484
Early secession sentencing decision involving Studentlocalism, online platforms, overseas advocacy, and fundraising links.
CACC 272/2021; [2022] HKCA 1151; [2022] 5 HKLRD 221
Leading Court of Appeal decision on classifying incitement to secession as serious or minor and on how local sentencing principles operate within the NSL framework.
DCCC 854/2021; [2022] HKDC 981; [2022] 4 HKLRD 657
Speech-therapists' picture-book case addressing sedition elements, knowledge and intent, constitutional arguments, and continuing conspiracy.
FACC 7/2023; [2023] HKCFA 26
Leading Court of Final Appeal authority on the NSL sentencing framework, mitigation, and the relationship between local sentencing law and national law.
CACC 62/2022; [2024] HKCA 231; [2024] 2 HKLRD 565
Major appellate decision on sedition elements, prescribed-by-law and proportionality challenges, and public-order offences in a national security context.
CACV 274/2023; [2024] HKCA 442; on appeal from [2023] HKCFI 1950
Important digital-speech and remedies case on civil injunctions supporting national security criminal law and online takedown dynamics.
HCCC 69/2022; [2024] HKCFI 1468
Central first-instance judgment on the '47 Democrats' case, useful for studying subversion, electoral strategy, and interpretation of 'other unlawful means'.
HCCC 69/2022; [2024] HKCFI 3298
Major sentencing decision for the largest NSL prosecution, connecting Article 22 culpability categories with sentence ranges and mitigation.
DCCC 265/2022; [2024] HKDC 1430
Leading media-sector sedition judgment addressing publication intent, press duties, and how national security limits are applied to journalism.
HCCC 51/2022; [2025] HKCFI 6291
Major collusion and sedition verdict involving Apple Daily, foreign-sanctions allegations, and the relationship between press activity and national security offences.