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intended to or had the effect of creating a new category of party, namely,
“anyone who opposes the [Injunction]”.
33.
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Plainly, para 2 of the Service Order was a case management
direction dictated by the unusual circumstances of the case.
In particular,
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it was uncertain whether anyone or how many people would come forward
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to resist the Injunction Summons. It was therefore imperative to put in
place measures for the purpose of informing the Court the number of such
persons and their grounds of objection so that the matter could then be
properly managed.
The Court had the duty to deal with matters of
national security expeditiously, which could only be achieved with proper
case management.
34.
It is simply baffling as to why Ms Chow had not taken out a
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doubt Ms Chow was alive to the imminence of the Hearing, the need for
the Court to manage the conduct of the Hearing and the need for her to
prepare for the hearing in synchronization with other parties.
S.2 is the interpretation section
of the Ordinance. It provided various definitions under the parenthesis:
“In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires”.
definitions include :
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It appears that the change of tact with the reliance on s.2 was
a response to the 10 July 2023 Directions.
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joinder application even after the Directions given on 10 July 2023.
35.
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The
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