Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Service and procedural directions under order 53

Legal area

Court

31 Oct 2025

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

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 5129
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL2191/2020

The court ordered Form 86 to be amended to name the Director of Immigration as the putative interested party and dismissed the leave application because the applicant voluntarily and genuinely withdrew the application after obtaining a Hong Kong identity card, leaving no outstanding issue to determine.
8 Apr 2025

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

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 946
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL407/2021

The application for leave to apply for judicial review was dismissed because the applicant voluntarily withdrew the application, there was no evidence the withdrawal was not by his free will, and there was nothing outstanding in the action; dismissal was appropriate rather than leaving the action at large.
5 Dec 2018

UDDIN MIHA JALAL v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2018] HKCFI 2688
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1081/2018

The applicant failed to attend the scheduled hearing and did not prosecute the leave application; given the Court's authority under appellate precedent to strike out applications for want of prosecution as part of active case management, the application was dismissed for want of prosecution.

Hong Kong Case Law

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

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

UDDIN MIHA JALAL v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [Decision on Leave Application]