19 Aug 2024
SIME DARBY MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED v. DIRECTOR OF LANDS
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFA 26
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMV71/2024
Leave to appeal was granted only on two reformulated questions of public importance: (1) the circumstances in which Director of Lands' decisions on land exchange, lease modification or other government lease matters are amenable to judicial review; and (2) if reviewable, whether application of a policy that may render land incapable of meaningful development is inherently illogical, irrational or perverse. Leave was refused on the remaining questions because the Court of Appeal's factual findings that the Director had considered exceptions and genuinely exercised discretion were not shown to…