Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Procedural compliance (skeleton submissions)

Legal area

Court

22 Apr 2026

RE TRUONG THI THANH HUYEN

Citation

[2026] HKCA 734
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV920/2025

The appeal was dismissed because the applicant failed to advance any viable ground to show the judge erred in law or overlooked relevant matters; the Board's adverse credibility findings and conclusions on fabrication, state protection and internal relocation were open on the evidence and not susceptible to judicial review for error, procedural unfairness or Wednesbury unreasonableness; procedural non-compliance with the requirement to lodge skeleton submissions justified vacating the hearing and deciding the appeal on paper.
9 Jan 2026

RE JABBAR ABDUL

Citation

[2026] HKCA 9
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV301/2025

The Court dismissed the appeal because the applicant failed to identify any error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the Deputy High Court Judge's refusal of leave; the Board's adverse credibility findings were open on the evidence and there was no basis to interfere; non-compliance with Practice Direction 4.1 justified dealing with the appeal on paper.
9 Jan 2026

RE IIS LISTIAWATI

Citation

[2026] HKCA 10
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV296/2025

The appellant failed to identify any error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the Judge's refusal of leave; the Board's adverse credibility findings were open on the evidence and the Judge properly refused leave; non-compliance with Practice Direction 4.1 justified debarment and dealing with the appeal on paper; therefore the appeal is dismissed.
28 Nov 2025

ASTUTIK PUDJI v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

Citation

[2025] HKCA 883
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV405/2022

The Court dismissed the appeal and affirmed the Deputy Judge's refusal to extend time and refusal of leave because the applicant offered no reasons for delay, failed to advance any viable grounds demonstrating error of law or procedural unfairness in the Board's decision, and therefore had no realistic prospect of success.
4 Jun 2025

RE ARELLANO RONALDO GONZAGA

Citation

[2025] HKCA 484
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV529/2024

The Court upheld the judge's refusal of leave because the applicant failed to identify any error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the Board's Decision and did not demonstrate a realistic prospect of success; the court will not substitute its own fact-finding for the Board.
17 Sept 2021

RE WAKLIN GRACIAM DOPING

Citation

[2021] HKCA 1371
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV153/2021

The appeal is dismissed because the applicant failed to identify any arguable error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the Board's decision, failed to comply with mandatory procedural directions (including filing skeleton submissions), and therefore the Judge rightly refused leave; there is no basis for the Court of Appeal to interfere.
17 Aug 2021

RE SHARMA ROHIT

Citation

[2021] HKCA 1096
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV69/2021

The appeal fails because the applicant did not identify any arguable error of law or procedure in the judge's refusal of leave—credibility and factual findings by the Director and the Board are not for this court to overturn on judicial review—and the applicant's procedural non-compliance with Practice Direction 4.1 justified debarment and dealing with the appeal on paper, leaving no reasonable prospect of success.
13 Jul 2021

RE RIAS TUTI WAGIRAN

Citation

[2021] HKCA 974
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV207/2020

Leave to apply for judicial review was properly refused because the Board's findings that the applicant faced no real risk and that state protection and internal relocation were available were within the Board's remit and there was no shown error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality; the applicant also failed to demonstrate a reasonable prospect of success and failed to comply with directions to file skeleton submissions.
21 May 2021

RE ISHAQ MUHAMMAD

Citation

[2021] HKCA 701
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV587/2020

Leave to apply for judicial review was refused and the appeal dismissed because the applicant failed to identify any reasonably arguable legal errors or procedural unfairness in the Director's or Board's decisions (in particular the detailed adverse credibility finding and conclusions on state protection/internal relocation), and because the applicant's non-compliance with court directions to lodge skeleton submissions justified dealing with the appeal on paper and debarment from lodging further submissions.
27 Jun 2019

RE DHALIWAL RUPINDERJEET SINGH

Citation

[2019] HKCA 714
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV594/2018

The appeal was dismissed because the applicant failed to identify any public law error in the Director's or Board's decisions and there were no reasonably arguable grounds for judicial review; further, the applicant's failure to comply with Practice Direction 4.1 justified debarment from oral hearing and written submissions so the appeal was properly dealt with on paper.