Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Refoulement/article 33 refugee convention

Legal area

Court

22 Aug 2025

UDDIN ARMAN ZIA v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 3252
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1313/2023

Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the applicant failed to show any realistic prospect of success; the Board's adverse credibility findings and reliance on COI were within its fact-finding remit and there was no demonstrated error of law or procedural unfairness that would justify judicial intervention.
26 Jun 2020

YASMIN v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2020] HKCFI 1345
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1607/2018

Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the applicant failed to identify any reasonably arguable ground of unlawfulness, unreasonableness or unfairness; the Adjudicator lawfully and reasonably reached adverse credibility findings and applied the correct legal tests under the Unified Screening Mechanism, so there was no realistic prospect of success on judicial review.