 Lai Cheuk Yin v Margaret Cheung Wai Fong & The Council of Lingnan University 

[2025] HKCFI 2563, the High Court dismissed an application for leave to apply for judicial review of decisions made under new regulations governing the election of student members to the Court and the Council of Lingnan University (“

The Applicant was a student candidate disqualified by the Election Officer (“

”) for having promoted his election candidacy through unauthorised promotion channels in violation of the Regulations. He sought to challenge the EO’s disqualification decision and the Council’s decision to reject his complaint about the EO’s decision, contending that 

 the Regulations did not impose any restriction on the means of promotion, the decisions and/or the Regulations infringed his right to freedom of expression, and he was denied his right to be heard before the disqualification.

In dismissing the application, Coleman J held:

 and Paul Chow, instructed by Grandall Zimmern Law Firm, for the 1

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