Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Risk of torture/refoulement

Legal area

Court

27 Apr 2026

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

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 1906
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL620/2022

Leave was refused because the Applicant failed to identify any arguable error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the Board's Decision, failed to state grounds for judicial review, and the Board had reasonably assessed credibility, risk and internal relocation such that the challenge was not reasonably arguable.
28 Jan 2021

NGUYEN MANH TAI v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD/ NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS ETITION OFFICE [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 193
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1144/2018

Leave was refused because the applicant presented no reasonably arguable public law ground: he failed to attend the Board hearing or explain absence, the Board properly discounted unsubstantiated assertions, and there was no demonstrable error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the Board's conclusion that the claim failed and that state protection and internal relocation were available.