Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Debarment from oral hearing

Legal area

Court

21 May 2021

RE ISHAQ MUHAMMAD

Citation

[2021] HKCA 701
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV587/2020

Leave to apply for judicial review was refused and the appeal dismissed because the applicant failed to identify any reasonably arguable legal errors or procedural unfairness in the Director's or Board's decisions (in particular the detailed adverse credibility finding and conclusions on state protection/internal relocation), and because the applicant's non-compliance with court directions to lodge skeleton submissions justified dealing with the appeal on paper and debarment from lodging further submissions.
10 Sept 2019

RE SAHA SAJON

Citation

[2019] HKCA 1010
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV133/2019

The judge correctly refused leave because the applicant’s own evidence in court undermined his asserted grounds, he failed to identify any arguable error by the Board or the judge, and he could not show a reasonable prospect of success; the appeal also failed because the applicant did not comply with Practice Direction 4.1 and was debarred from oral hearing, leaving no basis to overturn the judge’s refusal of leave.