Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Judicial review standard of supervision

Legal area

Court

7 Jan 2026

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

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 131
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1200/2025

Leave was refused because the applicant had no realistic prospect of success: the Board made legitimate credibility findings that the applicant was unreliable, found no evidence of a real risk of torture or serious harm from his half-brother, found state protection available, and the applicant failed to identify any legal error or procedural unfairness in the Board's decision; judicial review is supervisory and will not overturn such findings absent error.
9 Dec 2025

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

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 5927
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL2083/2020

Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the applicant failed to demonstrate any realistic prospect of success: the Board's adverse credibility findings and conclusions that the claim was unsubstantiated, state protection was available and internal relocation was viable were within the Board's fact-finding province and not vitiated by error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality.