Last chance for LGBT activist Jimmy Sham to appeal for overseas same-sex union recognition at Hong Kong’s top court

Gay activist and former district councillor Jimmy Sham has been given a final opportunity to get Hong Kong to recognise same-sex marriages registered overseas at the city's top court, as the matter concerns “great general public importance,” a three-judge panel ruled on Thursday. In a short two-paragraph judgement, Chief Judge of the High Court Jeremy Poon and Vice Presidents Susan Kwan and Carlye Chu granted Sham the right to proceed with the legal challenge, but said “we do not consider the arguments to be particularly strong.” The decision came around two months after the same justices reje…

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