11 Dec 2025
The applicant expressly withdrew the application and there was nothing outstanding in the action; accordingly the court dismissed the application for leave to apply for judicial review and amended Form 86 to name the Director of Immigration as putative interested party.
5 Dec 2025
The court allowed the application to withdraw because the applicant demonstrated by affirmation that the withdrawal was made of his own free will, that he understood the legal consequences including that the Board’s decision would remain final and that he may be refouled; accordingly leave to apply for judicial review was withdrawn.
23 Sept 2025
Leave was refused because the applicant did not raise specific arguable public law grounds to challenge the Board's decision and expressly indicated an intention to withdraw the application; moreover the Board's findings that the risks were unsubstantiated and that state protection and internal relocation were available meant there was no viable basis for judicial intervention into the Board's fact-finding.
18 Sept 2025
Because the applicant expressly withdrew the application of her own free will and there were no outstanding matters in the action, the appropriate disposal was to dismiss the application for leave to apply for judicial review rather than leave the action at large.
11 Jul 2025
The court was satisfied the applicant made the withdrawal voluntarily and with understanding of the consequences, including that the Board's decision would remain final and that she may be refouled; on that basis the court allowed the withdrawal and granted leave to withdraw the leave application.
27 May 2024
The application was dismissed because the Form 86 failed to identify the mandatory public law grounds required by RHC Order 53 and, on the material before the court, there was no arguable public law error in the BAT's quantification of costs or in its direction that the applicant seek the verifying documents from the BA; accordingly the application disclosed no realistic prospect of success.
21 Jun 2022
Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the applicants affirmed that their problems had finished and wished to return, rendering any remedy otiose; the court applied established authority that it may decline to grant a remedy that would serve no practical purpose.
23 Feb 2022
The applicant did not cross the threshold required for leave to apply for judicial review and the proposed amendments would not change that outcome; therefore both the application to amend Form 86 and the application for leave were refused and the court made no order as to costs.
11 Jun 2018
Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the proposed grounds were not reasonably arguable, for the same reasons given in Re Shove (HCAL 6/2014).
26 Jan 2018
The application for leave to apply for judicial review is dismissed because it is not reasonably arguable and judicial review cannot be used to challenge a judge's refusal to grant leave; the applicant must pursue appellate routes to the Court of Final Appeal.