Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Delay and disclosure

Legal area

Court

27 Mar 2024

TRAN VAN HUYEN AND ANOTHER v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD

Citation

[2024] HKCA 223
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP165/2022

Extension of time was refused because the applicants failed to show any realistic prospect of success on appeal: the Board's adverse credibility findings and conclusions about internal relocation were reasonable and not vitiated by any identifiable public law error, the applicants gave no adequate explanation for the delays, and judicial review is not an avenue to rehear the merits of non‑refoulement claims.
10 Mar 2011

HKSAR v. ONG SIU SIN, KEVIN

Citation

HKSAR v. ONG SIU SIN, KEVIN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA734/2009

The Court upheld the magistrate’s factual findings on credibility and concluded that promises, acknowledgements and delivery of cheques (including cheques drawn on closed accounts or crossed to cash) established legally enforceable liabilities capable of being enforced and proved beyond reasonable doubt; amendments to charges to reflect approximate sums were permissible under s27 where no injustice resulted; exhibit P4 was admissible as evidence of acknowledgement despite absence of a Bank of China affirmation; the 11‑month delay in producing the statement of findings, while regrettable, was…