Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Assessment of credibility and evidence

Legal area

Court

16 Feb 2026

PHAM MY HUNG v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 933
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1887/2020

Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the application was filed more than 10 months after the Board's Decision with no explanation and no arguable merits; the Board's Decision showed no error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality and satisfied the applicable legal standards, therefore no extension of time or leave was justified.
25 Nov 2025

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

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 5732
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL2170/2020

Leave to apply for judicial review is refused because the applicant failed to identify any arguable ground and, on anxious scrutiny, the Board's Decision disclosed no error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality; the Board's findings on credibility, state protection and internal relocation were within its fact-finding remit and properly reached.
23 Dec 2024

RE NGO THI HONG

Citation

[2024] HKCA 1173
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP474/2022

Extension of time was refused because the applicant's delay of over six weeks was substantial and unexplained, the Leave Decision had been sent to her address, the intended appeal lacked any real prospect of success or arguable grounds (Board's factual findings and credibility assessments were lawful and within its province), and it would be futile to extend time; therefore the summons for leave to appeal and extension of time was dismissed.
18 Jun 2020

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

Citation

[2020] HKCFI 1215
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1721/2018

Leave refused because the applicant failed to identify any arguable error of law or procedural unfairness, offered new documents without explaining their prior unavailability or relevance, and there was no reasonable prospect that a judicial review would succeed given the Board's proper evaluation of evidence.
27 Jul 2011

LAM ROGERIO SOU FUNG v. TAN SOON GIN GEORGE

Citation

LAM ROGERIO SOU FUNG v. TAN SOON GIN GEORGE
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2576/2005

The applicant failed to establish good reasons for a stay: the appeal did not show strong prospects of success on credibility-based findings, and the applicant failed to prove an appreciable risk that the appeal would be rendered nugatory since the respondent's sworn evidence of assets and collection was not sufficiently impugned; accordingly the stay and interim stay were refused and the funds paid into court were ordered released to the successful party with costs against the applicant.
13 Aug 2007

NG CHEUNG v. MAN YING MUI

Citation

NG CHEUNG v. MAN YING MUI
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ3626/2005

On the balance of probabilities the judge preferred the Defendant’s evidence and found that the Plaintiff had gifted an interest in the Property by making the Defendant a joint owner; consequently the Plaintiff could not validly convert that joint tenancy into a tenancy in common by the Notice of Severance and his claims for repayment were dismissed; the Defendant was entitled to repayment of sums she gave for saving purposes in the amount awarded and to costs as ordered.

Hong Kong Case Law

PHAM MY HUNG v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [Decision on Leave Application]

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

RE NGO THI HONG

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

LAM ROGERIO SOU FUNG v. TAN SOON GIN GEORGE

NG CHEUNG v. MAN YING MUI