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Legal aid granted to challenger in Link Reit case

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The woman who challenged the Link Reit privatisation has been granted legal aid to take her case to the Court of Final Appeal.

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An independent review committee yesterday overturned a decision by the Legal Aid Department to refuse assistance to Lo Siu-lan.

She has seven days to file notice of an appeal against the decisions by two lower courts to throw out her challenge.

The Housing Authority said last night it hoped Ms Lo would decide soon on whether to proceed. Her previous applications to the Legal Aid Department for assistance were rejected.

High Court Registrar Christopher Chan Cheuk sat on the legal aid review committee with two nominees from the Bar Association and the Law Society. Mr Chan said they were unanimous in their decision to order the department to issue a legal aid certificate for the 67-year-old public housing tenant.

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He supported his argument by quoting Doreen Le Pichon, a Court of Appeal judge, who said earlier that the decision to dismiss Ms Lo's appeal was reached with reluctance, and that she should be granted legal assistance.

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