15 Apr 2024
The applicant failed to comply with the court's deadline and provided no satisfactory explanation for the non-compliance or for the delay in seeking relief; the 14-day period under Order 2, rule 4 had expired and the dismissal took effect, therefore relief from sanction was refused and the summons dismissed; costs awarded to respondents.
23 Jun 2022
The out of time Notice of Motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal is dismissed because the applicant failed to provide a reasonable explanation for the delay and failed to identify any question of great general or public importance or any reasonably arguable ground warranting leave under section 22(1)(b) Cap 484.
11 Jan 2022
Because the applicants' delay in seeking leave to appeal was substantial and unexplained and because the proposed appeals had no real prospect of success on the legal points raised (tenancy by estoppel, lack of evidential support for boundary/title claims, and inapplicability of the respondents' legal arguments), the Tribunal refused out‑of‑time leave to appeal and awarded costs to the applicant.
7 Jan 2022
The applicant failed to provide a reasonable explanation for the delay and failed to identify any question of great general or public importance or any reasonably arguable error in the Court of Appeal's judgment; accordingly leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal out of time is refused and the application is dismissed.
17 Dec 2021
The Notice of Motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal out of time was dismissed because the applicant failed to provide a reasonable excuse for delay and failed to identify any question of great general or public importance or any reasonably arguable error, and no basis existed under the otherwise limb of section 22(1)(b) Cap 484.
9 Nov 2021
The Notice of Motion for leave to appeal out of time is dismissed because the applicant failed to identify any question of great general or public importance under section 22(1)(b) HKCFAO and failed to justify the late filing in breach of Practice Direction 2.1; no basis was shown under the 'or otherwise' limb to grant leave.
19 Apr 2021
The application for leave to appeal out of time is dismissed because the applicant failed to provide any reasonable explanation for delay and failed to identify any question of great general or public importance or any reasonably arguable public law error in the Board's decision as required by s22(1)(b) CFAO.
31 Jul 2019
The Notice of Motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal was dismissed because the applicant failed to raise a question of great general or public importance as required by s22(1)(b) CFAO, raised new points not previously argued which appellate courts do not ordinarily entertain, presented an unarguable assertion that his life would be in danger, and failed to particularize any bias; furthermore the earlier refusal of leave out of time is final under s14AB HCO.
26 Oct 2018
Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant’s stated grounds (inability to return to his country) did not raise a question of great general or public importance under s.22(1)(b) Cap.484, and there was no other reason to submit the proposed appeal to the Court of Final Appeal; consequently the statutory condition for leave was not satisfied.
14 Jun 2018
Leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal was refused because the applicant repeated earlier rejected submissions and failed to demonstrate that the question involved met the statutory threshold of great general or public importance under section 22(1)(b) Cap 484, so leave was not granted.