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Hong Kong Case Law

Credibility findings and standard of review

  • 10 Feb 2026

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

    Citation
    [2026] HKCFI 666
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAL353/2021

    Leave was dismissed because the applicant failed to identify any arguable public law errors or make the required full and frank disclosure in Form 86; the Board's factual findings on credibility, state protection and internal relocation were within its exclusive domain and showed no error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality, so the challenge was not reasonably arguable with realistic prospects of success.

    • Leave to apply for judicial review
    • Non‑refoulement
    • Torture risk (immigration ordinance part viic)
    • Hkbor art 2 (right to life)
    • Hkbor art 3 (prohibition of torture)
    • Credibility findings and standard of review

  • 22 Oct 1999

    HKSAR v. HO HAU KWONG

    Citation
    HKSAR v. HO HAU KWONG
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC289/1999

    The trial judge properly assessed the witnesses and the applicant's account was inherently improbable; there was no error in the judge's approach, so leave to appeal is refused and the application is dismissed, with an order excluding four months of remand time because the appeal was wholly unmeritorious.

    • Possession of controlled drugs
    • Trafficking in controlled drugs
    • Credibility findings and standard of review
    • Leave to appeal
    • Remand time credit