Hong Kong’s leading press group can mount a legal challenge to the Transport Department’s new policy restricting media access to vehicle ownership records, a High Court judge has ruled. Judge Russell Coleman handed down his judgement on Wednesday, approving the application by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) for a judicial review of the policy. The two sides should within 14 days agree a date for the hearing, which should take place no later than July 8. The HKJA applied for a judicial review on April 5, three months after the government revised policies governing access to the reg…