26 Mar 2026
The applicant voluntarily withdrew the leave application; therefore the court permitted withdrawal without adjudicating the merits and dismissed the application because nothing remained outstanding and the action should not be left at large.
19 Sept 2024
Because the applicant voluntarily withdrew the application and there was no outstanding matter in the action, the correct course was to dismiss the leave application rather than leave the action at large; the Court dismissed the application.
4 Jul 2024
Because the applicant voluntarily withdrew the leave application by affidavit, there was nothing outstanding in the action and the correct disposition was dismissal; the court applied Re Manik Md Mahamudun Nabi to justify dismissal rather than leaving the action at large.
26 Sept 2023
The applicant's unequivocal withdrawal left nothing outstanding in the action and, following the Court of Appeal's decision in Re Manik Md Mahamudun Nabi [2022] HKCA 471 §19, the correct dispositional order is dismissal of the leave application.