Disclosure Log

The disclosure log provides summary descriptions of the nature of information requested and released under the Code on Access to Information (“the Code”) by this department. The disclosure log will be updated on a quarterly basis.

Member of the public who wishes to obtain any information listed in the disclosure log has to make an information request to our Access to Information Officer. Such requests will be handled in accordance with the Code.

January to March 2025

Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
202501	LAD's Personal Information Collection Statement applicable to legal aid application and Privacy Policy since 2022 till then

April to June 2025

Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
202503	List of barristers and solicitors willing to take on legal aid cases (updated in different dates during the period from January 2010 to April 2016)
202505	Statistics on substantiated complaints from 2015 to 2024
202507	Number of legal aid applications for judicial review of non-refoulement claims received and its outcome with breakdown in gender, age and level of court in 2024 Number of judicial review cases in relation to non-refoulement claims closed in 2024 with favourable outcome with breakdown in gender and age Number of legal aid applications for habeas corpus applications received and its outcome in 2024 with breakdown in gender and age

July to September 2025

Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
202521	Statistics regarding 2024 Law Clerk Recruitment and 2023 Workman II Recruitment Exercises
202522	Matters relating to the publication of lightbox advertisements in 2024

October to December 2025

Entry / Reference number	Information requested and released
202527	Information relating to the Administrative Officer and Executive Officer grade staff currently serving in the Legal Aid Department

Note: The disclosure log does not cover requests from individual persons/companies for information about themselves and their complaint cases, or requests for information already published or available through an existing charged service.