Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Procedure under rules of the high court

Legal area

Court

28 Jan 2026

SATINDERPAL SINGH v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 128
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1170/2025

Extension of time refused because the one-day delay was unexplained in any way that would justify extension, the intended appeal had no realistic prospect of success (claim unsubstantiated and state protection available), and the Court's decision had been validly served to the applicant's last known address, so the application was dismissed.
26 Mar 2024

ANU SUDHA GURUNG v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 727
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1176/2019

Applicant's 7 day delay did not justify extension because the intended appeal had no realistic prospect of success: the applicant failed to identify any valid challenge to the Board's factual finding that she would not face harm on return, and therefore time was not extended and the application was dismissed.
3 Dec 2021

CENTALINE PROPERTY AGENCY LTD v. NGAU WING CHI

Citation

[2021] HKCA 1795
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV349/2021

Because SCTO s28 makes the refusal of leave by the Court of First Instance final and HCO s13(2)(a) does not create a general right of appeal, and because a judge may properly decide a leave application on paper under the Rules of the High Court, the Notice of Appeal was incompetent and must be struck out.