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Topic

Appeals procedure

Legal area

Court

30 Apr 2026

ANOWAR HOSSAIN v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

Citation

[2026] HKCA 776
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV320/2025

The appeal was dismissed because the applicant failed to advance any viable grounds to show that the Judge erred; the Judge correctly found no error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality in the Board's decision, and the Court of Appeal will not re‑examine the merits of the Board's decision on appeal from a refusal of leave.
8 Dec 2000

RE AU KWOK HUNG

Citation

RE AU KWOK HUNG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV426/2000

The 15-day time limit in section 20(1) of the Housing Ordinance is a mandatory jurisdictional limit that must be strictly complied with, not capable of waiver or extension by the appeal panel; therefore the panel had no jurisdiction to entertain an appeal lodged outside that period and the appellant's out-of-time appeal could not be heard.