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Singapore court decision: UKM v Attorney-General [2018] SGHCF 18 Facts: The appellant had been in a long-term relationship with his same-sex partner. They decided to raise a child together and paid a surrogate mother in the United States to carry and deliver a baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation, in which procedure the appellant’s sperm and the egg of an anonymous donor were used. Subsequently, the surrogate mother gave birth to the appellant’s biological son (“th ...

30 November, 2018 While the debut of the blue mannequin-like Fire Services Department mascot “Anyone” (“任何仁”), as well as the message it promotes (“Anyone can save lives in emergencies!”), has become massively popular in Hong Kong, it has also raised some concerns about whether those who attempt to follow this message may be held legally liable for doing so if something goes wrong with the rescue attempt. Hong Kong follows the English common law position, wh ...

Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50 Facts: A 26 year-old man Michael Darnley sought assistance at an Accident and Emergency (“A&E”) department in a hospital in the United Kingdom which was managed by the Croydon Health Services NHS Trust after he was struck on the head by an unknown assailant. The receptionist informed Darnley that he would have to wait up to 4-5 hours before someone could attend to him. However, the usual practice of the A&E Depart ...

Lam Wing Hei (a minor suing by her mother and next friend Lam Tsz Kiu) and Lam Tsz Kiu v Hospital Authority [2018] 2 HKLRD 1441 The Hong Kong Court of First Instance recently held in the case of Lam Wing Hei (a minor suing by her mother and next friend Lam Tsz Kiu) and Lam Tsz Kiu v Hospital Authority [2018] 2 HKLRD 1441 that, even if the Hospital Authority failed to advise the mother (the second plaintiff) of the material risk of the baby being born seriously deformed so that she may conside ...

Date: 4 Sep, 2017 Publisher: Ming Pao Hyperlink: https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170904/s00002/1504462334707

Date: 4 Sep, 2017 Publisher: HKU Legal Scholarship Blog The Centre for Medical Ethics and Law (CMEL) hosted a two-day conference (25-26 August 2017) on compulsory mental health treatment in Hong Kong and the way forward.  The conference featured philosophical, human rights, legal and medical perspectives.  The speakers included a judge from the United Kingdom, medical practitioners and academics from the UK, New Zealand, the United States, and Hong Kong.  The confere ...