Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Statutory time limits (order 53)

Legal area

Court

27 Feb 2026

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

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 691
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL2411/2020

Leave was refused because the Applicant failed to identify any arguable error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the TCAB decision; the TCAB and DOI acted within the statutory scheme (s 37ZG) and reasonably refused to reopen the claim in the absence of any evidential basis; the application was also out of time and an extension was not warranted as the proposed judicial review was not reasonably arguable.
9 Dec 2019

NGUYEN VAN TUNG v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND ANOTHER [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2019] HKCFI 2552
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1276/2018

The court refused to extend time and dismissed the leave application because the applicant had an unexplained substantial delay of over four months (ignorance of law unacceptable), the pleaded ground (failure to take account of corruption in COI) lacked particularity and was not reasonably arguable, and there was no legal error, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the Director's or Board's decisions which had permissibly found the risk localized with available state protection and reasonable internal relocation.