Select court ruling summaries to improve transparency, judiciary says

The judiciary said today that it will be publishing summaries of selected decisions by the District Court and Magistrates' Courts which may attract great public attention as it moves to enhance transparency.

"Starting from this month, summaries of selected decisions in the District Court and Magistrates' Courts which may attract great public attention will be prepared and uploaded to the Judiciary website as far as practicable,'' the judiciary said in a statement.

Hong Kong courts have been caught in a row of controversies in the past few months, linked to issues ranging from independence to separation of powers, and have been targeted by some high profile pro-Beijing figures who claimed that some judgments were biased.

In the past, only judgements by the District Court and above were normally available online.

RTHK had reported that the judiciary has published a number of judgements by former magistrate Stanley Ho, who had in recent months been accused of bias by some pro-establishment figures.-RTHK/The Standard