22 Oct 2021
SAMUEL v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE sued for and on behalf of DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
- Citation
- [2021] HKDC 1322
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ5724/2017
Because the plaintiff withdrew and failed to appear, and the claim was an individual, fact-sensitive civil tort claim rather than a public law judicial review raising exceptional public interest, the court applied Order 35 r1(2) RDC to dismiss the claim and awarded costs to the defendant; public law considerations did not justify hearing the defendant's case in the plaintiff's absence.