SARFRAZ v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [Decision on Leave Application]

SARFRAZ v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [Decision on Leave Application]

Because the applicant expressly affirmed he wished to close his case and return home, the court concluded that any judicial review remedy would be otiose and therefore dismissed the application for leave to apply for judicial review relying on the authority that relief may be refused where it would serve no practical purpose.

Citation
[2022] HKCFI 1611
Parties
Applicant: Sarfraz; Putative Respondent: Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office; Putative Interested Party: Director of Immigration
Court
Court of First Instance
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Judgment Date
21 June 2022
Case Number
HCAL564/2019
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review Leave Application / Leave Application (dismissed)
Outcome
Application dismissed
Legal Topics
Non Refoulement, Torture Claims, Judicial Review Leave to Apply, Mootness/otiose Remedy
Source Language
EN
Constitutional and Administrative Law Immigration Law Human Rights Non Refoulement Torture Claims Judicial Review Leave to Apply Mootness/otiose Remedy

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Parties

Sarfraz

Applicant

Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office

Putative Respondent

Director of Immigration

Putative Interested Party

Procedural Posture

Judicial Review Leave Application / Leave Application (dismissed)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether leave to apply for judicial review should be granted in respect of the Torture Claims Appeal Board's decision dismissing the applicant's non-refoulement claim
  2. 2 Whether the court should decline to grant relief because the application has become otiose after the applicant's withdrawal of the claim

Ratio Decidendi

Because the applicant expressly affirmed he wished to close his case and return home, the court concluded that any judicial review remedy would be otiose and therefore dismissed the application for leave to apply for judicial review relying on the authority that relief may be refused where it would serve no practical purpose.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed

Orders

  • The application for leave to apply for judicial review is dismissed.