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Topic

Judicial restraint

Legal area

Court

27 Apr 2026

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

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 2231
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL298/2022

The leave application is dismissed because the Applicant failed to identify any valid public law grounds; the Board was entitled to its credibility and factual findings after assessing the evidence and COI, and there was no demonstrable error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality such as would make judicial intervention reasonably arguable.
17 May 2005

CHENG KAM KUEN v. HKSAR

Citation

CHENG KAM KUEN v. HKSAR
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL92/2004

The application for judicial review was dismissed because the deputy judge lawfully and properly exercised his wide discretion under the costs statute by taking into account the applicant's failure to disclose his defence at investigation when that silence was causally connected to suspicion and had misled the prosecution; no public law ground existed to disturb his weighing of factors.