CPD Course:
Case Studies
in Hong Kong
Constitutional Law:
From the
Co-Location Arrangement
to Emergency Powers

Dr. Stephen Thomson is an Associate Professor at the ANU College of Law, The Australian National University.  He previously worked in Hong Kong for a number of years at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong.  Dr. Thomson is the author of the leading text 'Administrative Law in Hong Kong' (Cambridge University Press, 2018), a Legal Adviser to the Ombudsman of Hong Kong, a member of the Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong, and an examiner on the Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination.  He is also the General Editor of the Federal Law Review and was a Herbert Smith Freehills Visitor at the University of Cambridge.  His work has been used by courts, government and legislatures in Hong Kong, the UK and the US.  Dr. Thomson holds a PhD in constitutional and administrative law from the University of Edinburgh.

Is your knowledge of Hong Kong constitutional law less good than it should be? Could your understanding of the powers of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), and Article 158 of the Hong Kong Basic Law, be stronger? Do you feel that your legal understanding of major constitutional events like the 2016 Legislative Council Oath-Taking Controversy and the West Kowloon Station Co-Location Arrangement could be improved?

Then please join our two Hong Kong Constitutional Law seminars.  Using accessible, easy-to-understand explanations and examples, your seminar leader will guide you through the separation of powers in Hong Kong, constitutional interpretation, the powers of the NPCSC through Hong Kong's Basic Law, subsidiary legislation, and significant constitutional milestones in recent years.  Don't worry that your existing knowledge of Hong Kong constitutional law is too weak to join - these seminars are exactly for you.  Please feel free to join one or both seminars.  All welcome.

In this second seminar, we will cover detailed case studies of the West Kowloon Station Co-Location Arrangement, the Legislative Council Oath Taking Controversy, emergency powers (including COVID-19 emergency powers), and constitutional issues surrounding subsidiary legislation.

Please note that we will not be covering the national security law due to the ongoing uncertainty of its substantive legal implications.

• West Kowloon Station Co-Location Arrangement
• Legislative Council Oath-Taking Controversy
• Emergency powers (including COVID-19 emergency powers)
• Constitutional issues surrounding subsidiary legislation