Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Asylum and refugee status

Legal area

Court

13 Feb 2025

BALAMOUN TAMER WADIE SAAD v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 464
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL862/2017

The application for leave was refused because the applicant failed to identify any reasonably arguable error of law, irrationality or procedural unfairness in the decisions of the Director and the Board; both decision-makers applied lawful standards, found any risk to be localized and low and that state protection and realistic internal relocation options existed, so there was no prospect of success on judicial review.
19 Sept 2024

DONG THI SAU v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 2505
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL992/2022

The leave application was dismissed because the Director and the Board made rational, lawfully reasoned findings that the applicant's claim was either not credible or, if true, constituted a private monetary dispute with low risk and available state protection and reasonable internal relocation; no legal error, irrationality or procedural unfairness was demonstrated and the applicant subsequently confirmed it was safe to return, so there is no reasonably arguable basis for judicial review.