Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Challenge to findings of fact

Legal area

Court

16 Feb 2026

UTTAM KUMAR v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 939
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1874/2020

Leave was refused because the applicant failed to advance any properly articulated grounds for judicial review, the Board had given full, detailed and fair reasons for rejecting the non-refoulement claim, and the court found no error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality warranting intervention under the enhanced Wednesbury standard.
22 Jul 2025

RE NAJMUL MOHAMMAD

Citation

[2025] HKCA 665
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV260/2024

The notice of motion was dismissed because the applicant's submissions were broad, vague and unparticularised, failed to identify any question of great general or public importance under section 22(1)(b) of the Ordinance, and no basis existed under the 'or otherwise' limb to grant leave; factual challenges were matters for the Board.
22 Jul 2025

RE KANDAGODA GAMAGE AMILA MADURANGA

Citation

[2025] HKCA 663
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV247/2024

The applicant failed to identify any question of great general or public importance required by s22(1)(b), his submissions were broad and vague and insufficient to justify leave, and no basis was shown under the 'or otherwise' limb; accordingly the application for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal was dismissed.