28 Jan 2026
The applicant was granted permission to stay in Hong Kong, removing the need for non-refoulement protection; therefore the leave application was otiose and the court exercised its discretion to refuse any remedy and dismissed the leave application.
30 Sept 2025
Leave to apply for judicial review was dismissed because the applicant had been granted permission to stay in Hong Kong, removing the relevant detriment and rendering any relief otiose; the court exercised its discretion to refuse a remedy that would serve no practical purpose.
30 May 2022
Leave to apply for judicial review dismissed because the applicant withdrew his application and indicated no impediment to return, removing the relevant detriment and making any remedy otiose; the court exercised its discretion to refuse leave on that basis.
28 Mar 2022
Leave to apply for judicial review was dismissed because the applicant had withdrawn and the court exercised its established discretion to refuse relief that would be otiose and serve no practical purpose, citing AW v. Director of Immigration and authoritative texts.
23 Mar 2022
Leave to apply for judicial review was dismissed because the applicant withdrew the application and the court rightly exercised its discretion to refuse relief that would serve no practical purpose given the removal of the relevant detriment (otiosity).
4 Dec 1991
Leave to appeal to Her Majesty in Council was granted because the question whether a court can, by exercise of discretion, overcome an express statutory prohibition is one of sufficient general and public importance to warrant referral; additionally the appellant was held to have an appeal as of right because the value of her employment (salary plus benefit of subsidised apartment) met the monetary threshold. Leave was made subject to usual security and timetable conditions.