Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Service to last known address

Legal area

Court

15 Nov 2023

RE GOMEZ JEFFERSON PETALLANO

Citation

[2023] HKCA 1260
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP529/2022

The extension of time was refused because the appellate material showed the judge's decision was sent to the applicant's last known address and not returned, the applicant offered no reasonable explanation for the delay and the intended appeal was hopeless because no arguable errors of law, procedural unfairness or Wednesbury unreasonableness were identified; accordingly there was no basis to extend time.
26 Apr 2023

RE MUHAMMAD SHAKEEL

Citation

[2023] HKCA 550
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP360/2022

Extension of time to appeal was refused because the Judge’s decision had been properly served to the applicant’s last known address and was not returned undelivered (establishing knowledge), the applicant offered no adequate explanation for delay or particulars of any arguable legal error, and the intended appeal was hopeless because the Board’s Decision and the Judge’s refusal to grant leave involved no error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality; accordingly there was no basis to extend time for a hopeless appeal.
30 Dec 2022

RE KIGULA RICHARD

Citation

[2022] HKCA 1861
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP157/2022

Extension of time refused because the applicant failed to provide a reasonable explanation for the substantial delay, service to his last known address was effective, and the intended appeal had no real prospect of success as no arguable error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the Board's or Judge's decisions was identified.
2 Apr 2019

RE AMIENGHEMHEN AYERE PRECIOUS

Citation

[2019] HKCFI 607
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL659/2017

The court concluded that the applicant's delay was attributable to his own failure to keep his address updated and that service to the last known address justified treating the delay as his responsibility; on that basis the court assessed the excusability of the delay.

Hong Kong Case Law

RE GOMEZ JEFFERSON PETALLANO

RE MUHAMMAD SHAKEEL

RE KIGULA RICHARD

RE AMIENGHEMHEN AYERE PRECIOUS