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Constitutional law [2026] HKCFI 2788

MAHMOOD SHAHID v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

The court refused to extend time to appeal against dismissal of leave for judicial review, finding no satisfactory explanation for delay and no realistic prospect of success.

  • Extension of time to appeal
  • Leave to apply for judicial review
  • Non-refoulement
  • Delay and explanation
  • Prospects of success
  • Extension-of-time
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Constitutional and administrative law [2026] HKCFI 2843

SAJAN MASIH v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

The Court refused an extension of time to appeal against refusal of judicial review leave, holding the delay was one day, service was deemed, and the appeal had no realistic prospect.

  • Extension of time
  • Leave to apply for judicial review
  • Non-refoulement claim
  • Service and deemed receipt
  • Prospect of success assessment
  • Extension-of-time
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Constitutional law [2026] HKCFI 2853

王寬裕 對 司法機構政務長及另二人 [Decision on Leave Application]

Permission was refused because the application did not identify any decision to be judicially reviewed, the materials were chaotic and failed to disclose arguable public law grounds, and the proposed claim had no real prospect of success and thus constituted an abuse of the judicial review procedure.

  • Permission to apply for judicial review
  • Form 86 particulars
  • Abuse of process
  • Public law remedies
  • Language policy (bilingualism)
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Administrative law [2026] HKCA 871

DANGARAN MEYNARD GASPAR v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against refusal of leave for judicial review, holding that the challenged decision did not yet exist when leave was sought.

  • Judicial review leave
  • Non-refoulement
  • Cause of action
  • Procedural waiver
  • Appeal
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2026] HKCFI 2731

CHU CHAU KA YEE v. HKU ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE OFFICE

The Court of First Instance dismissed a leave application for judicial review challenging a university’s refusal of late withdrawal or a make-up exam after the applicant sat the exam and later raised illness concerns.

  • Leave to apply for judicial review
  • Procedural compliance for judicial review applications
  • University examination policy
  • Late withdrawal/late drop
  • Medical grounds for exam relief
  • Make-up examinations
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Administrative law [2026] HKCA 951

RE PABILING AILENE CAPILAR

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application for extension of time to appeal against refusal of leave for judicial review in a non-refoulement claim.

  • Extension of time
  • Leave to apply for judicial review
  • Non-refoulement
  • Credibility findings
  • Service and notice
  • Wednesbury unreasonableness
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Constitutional and administrative law [2026] HKCFI 2769

SAHID v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [Decision on Leave Application]

Leave to seek judicial review was refused after the court found no arguable error of law, procedural unfairness, or irrationality in the Board’s non-refoulement decision.

  • Non-refoulement
  • Unified screening mechanism
  • Judicial review - leave
  • Credibility assessment
  • Internal relocation
  • Judicial-review
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Constitutional and administrative law [2026] HKCFI 2523

RONGREANG KHWANSUDA v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

The court refused an out-of-time appeal extension after an 11-month delay, finding no explanation for the delay and no realistic prospect of success in the intended appeal.

  • Extension of time
  • Leave to apply for judicial review
  • Non-refoulement claim
  • Deemed service
  • Deciding on paper
  • Extension-of-time
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Immigration law [2026] HKCFI 2736

PHAM THI THIENG v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION [Decision on Leave Application]

The High Court refused to allow withdrawal and dismissed a late leave application for judicial review, finding no extension of time and that the claim had become otiose.

  • Non-refoulement
  • Leave to apply for judicial review
  • Extension of time
  • Withdrawal of application
  • Ostensible mootness/otiosity
  • Judicial-review
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