11 Feb 2019
梅冬庭 對 香港社會福利署
- Citation
- [2019] HKCA 149
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV214/2018
The court held that the judge did not err in refusing leave because the applicant's delay of over three years was inexcusable (the applicant had known of and contested the 2015 assessment), the proposed judicial review had no realistic prospect of success given prior appellate rulings rejecting the same allegations, the Ladd v Marshall criteria for fresh evidence were not satisfied as some documents were already before the court and the remainder were immaterial, and Basic Law arts 142 and 160 do not prevent medical assessments being updated; accordingly permission to appeal under s14AA was r…