Lai Chee-ying v Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the HKSAR

Procedural posture

Appeal concerning whether decisions of the National Security Committee were amenable to judicial review.

Issues

• NSC decisions
• judicial review
• NPCSC interpretation
• Article 14
• Article 47

Outcome

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and held that the challenged NSC decision was not amenable to judicial review.

Comparative note

Compare this case with common-law treatment of national security evidence, jury limits, executive certificates, and fair-trial safeguards.