22 May 2025
Permission to apply for judicial review was refused because appellate and Court of Final Appeal decisions are not amenable to judicial review under the governing law and practice, and the application was an abuse of process with no realistic prospect of success.
20 Mar 2025
The court granted the applicant's sworn application to withdraw the permission application because the applicant acted voluntarily, understood withdrawal could lead to the administrative decision remaining final and to potential removal, and explicitly wished to return; therefore permission to apply for judicial review was withdrawn.
14 Mar 2025
The permission application is refused because the applicant failed to identify any public law error by the suggested respondent and failed to present coherent, arguable grounds demonstrating a real prospect of success; the chaotic and incomplete materials did not meet the threshold for granting permission.
6 Jan 2025
The court refused permission because the applicant's challenge did not have reasonable arguability or realistic prospects of success; the decision challenged was either within the scope of statutory finality/appeal mechanisms under the Legal Aid Ordinance and the applicant improperly sought to use judicial review as a second appeal, and no arguable grounds of illegality, Wednesbury unreasonableness or procedural unfairness were shown.
6 Jan 2020
Permission to apply for judicial review was refused because no error of law or procedural unfairness was established and the intended application had no reasonable prospect of success.
16 Oct 2019
Court granted permission because applicant gave a credible and contemporaneous explanation for not applying at divorce (trust in husband and reliance on his continued support), the delay was reasonably explained and not inordinate, respondent failed to show substantive prejudice from reopening (his remarriage and new child did not amount to sufficient unjust prejudice), and applicant demonstrated a real prospect of obtaining ancillary relief given length of marriage and the flat acquired during marriage.