Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Remedies in judicial review

Legal area

Court

7 Feb 2025

CHAN CHUNG SING v. THE REGISTRAR OF THE HIGH COURT

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 570
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL279/2025

Leave to apply for judicial review was dismissed because the applicant targeted the wrong decision-maker, the Director of Legal Aid's decision is in principle not amenable to review after the statutory de novo appeal to the Registrar, and the applicant failed to identify any grounds of review against the Registrar's decision making the application unarguable.
22 Aug 2024

香港平民屋宇有限公司對關偉建

Citation

[2024] HKDC 1387
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ5509/2023

The application by the plaintiff to restore and continue the stayed proceedings was refused because the district court must take a holistic approach to protect the substantive rights of all parties under Order 1A rule 2(2); the disputes raise widespread, arguable and overlapping private‑law and public‑law issues that risk duplication and unfairness if litigated piecemeal in the District Court; the plaintiff's proposals were premature and founded on mutable pleadings; therefore a stay/managed disposition (including possible consolidation, selection of test cases or allowing judicial review) be…