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Topic

Statutory appeal to tribunal

Legal area

Court

11 Nov 2025

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

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 5328
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL133/2021

The application for leave was struck out because the applicant failed to pursue the available statutory appeal to the Torture Claims Appeal Board, and such failure constituted an abuse of process; the immigration officer's decision is not ordinarily susceptible to judicial review while the statutory two-tier appeal remains available.
24 May 2001

WONG YAN HONG AND ANOTHER v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER

Citation

WONG YAN HONG AND ANOTHER v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1711/2000

The Housing Authority's policy to terminate leases obtained by false information is lawful, the Director and Appeal Tribunal properly applied it to a reallocation where the applicant made a deliberate false declaration and obtained a larger flat, there was no breach of natural justice and the decisions were not Wednesbury unreasonable; judicial review is dismissed.