4 Sept 2018
A v. Administrative Appeals Board
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 2029
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL221/2017
Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the AAB's conclusion that the disclosure was within the original purpose (safeguarding the child's welfare) was open to it and therefore no contravention of DPP3 was reasonably arguable; alternatively the s58 exemption applied; the application was also late, the applicant failed to disclose related civil proceedings and the case amounted to a merits re‑run rather than a proper public law challenge.