Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Evidence disclosure

Legal area

Court

16 Jan 2026

TAMANG RAM BAHADUR v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 216
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL547/2021

The leave application was dismissed because the applicant failed to identify any arguable legal grounds or provide material evidence; the TCAB had applied the correct legal principles, made reasonable factual findings including availability of internal relocation, and its decision contained no error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality, therefore there was no reasonably arguable case with a realistic prospect of success.
28 May 2025

謝松發對土地審裁處第五法庭審裁成員 [Decision on Leave Application]

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 1745
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL703/2025

Permission refused because the grievance concerned a Land Tribunal decision properly challenged by appeal; the applicant failed to demonstrate an arguable case or to show how an adjournment would have altered the outcome and did not provide particulars or evidence to support serious allegations, so there were no reasonable grounds for judicial review.
26 May 2025

LAU KWAI LIN (in her capacity as administratrix for the Estate of Chan Tin Chu, deceased) v. 陳綺雯

Citation

[2025] HKDC 878
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ5904/2020

The defendant failed to demonstrate a reasonable prospect of success on appeal. The judge's findings that the factual context differed from authorities relied on by the defendant (notably Pye) were open to him as tribunal of fact; the defendant did not show any legal error or that the trial judge's discretionary decisions were plainly wrong or unfair; attempts to alter counterclaim post‑judgment were impermissible and mere disagreement with findings of fact is insufficient to obtain leave.
28 Mar 2024

有關區曉霖及另三十八人的事宜

Citation

[2024] HKCrC 1
Court

Coroner's Court
Case number

CCDI1112/2012

The coroner directed that the 39 deaths be heard in a consolidated inquest, ordered full disclosure timelines and case management steps: police to deliver a complete investigation report by early June 2024, a second pre-inquest review to be held within two months of receipt of that report but no later than September 2024, and disclosure of proposed witness lists and written evidence at least 21 days before that review; families may instruct counsel or apply for legal aid.
28 Mar 2024

有關區曉霖及另三十八人的事宜

Citation

[2024] HKCrC 1
Court

Coroner's Court
Case number

CCDI1102/2012

The coroner directed that the 39 deaths be investigated by a combined inquest, required the police to submit a complete death investigation report by early June 2024 (building on the preliminary report containing 329 witness statements), ordered disclosure of proposed witness lists and written evidence at least 21 days before the second pre‑inquest review, and scheduled a further pre‑inquest review within two months of receipt of the report and in any event by September 2024 with the objective of holding the inquest within 2024.
28 Mar 2024

有關區曉霖及另三十八人的事宜

Citation

[2024] HKCrC 1
Court

Coroner's Court
Case number

CCDI1109/2012

The coroner exercised statutory case management powers to order a combined inquest for the 39 deaths, directed the police to deliver a full investigation report and witness statements by early June 2024, and set a timetable requiring a second pre-inquest review within two months of receipt of the report (and no later than September 2024), with disclosure of witness lists and statements at least 21 days before that review; the coroner reaffirmed that the inquest's remit is limited by s27 and cannot determine civil or criminal responsibility but may make preventive recommendations.
28 Mar 2024

有關區曉霖及另三十八人的事宜

Citation

[2024] HKCrC 1
Court

Coroner's Court
Case number

CCDI1088/2012

The coroner directed that a single consolidated inquest for the 39 deaths is appropriate, set procedural deadlines for police disclosure and a second pre-inquest review (within two months of receipt of the full investigation report and in any event by September 2024), and stipulated that the inquest's scope is to determine identity, how, when, where and cause of death and to make preventive recommendations but not to adjudicate civil or criminal liability.
28 Mar 2024

有關區曉霖及另三十八人的事宜

Citation

[2024] HKCrC 1
Court

Coroner's Court
Case number

CCDI1098/2012

Given the contemporaneous and similar circumstances of the 39 deaths, a single combined inquest is appropriate; the inquest's scope is confined to matters in section 27 of the Coroners legislation and procedural timetables and disclosure requirements must be observed to enable a fair and effective inquiry.
28 Mar 2024

有關區曉霖及另三十八人的事宜

Citation

[2024] HKCrC 1
Court

Coroner's Court
Case number

CCDI1095/2012

Given the temporal and circumstantial commonality of the 39 deaths, the coroner will conduct a single consolidated inquest focused on determining identity, manner, cause, time and place of death and may make prevention recommendations; the coroner set a disclosure timetable requiring the police to deliver a full investigation report and directed procedural steps to progress to a hearing within 2024 where practicable.
3 Oct 2023

ONUMEME OKECHUKWU v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

Citation

[2023] HKCFI 2535
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCSA26/2023

The application for leave to appeal was dismissed because the claimant failed to raise any reasonably arguable question of law: most of the substantive claims were time-barred under the Limitation Ordinance, many complaints were public law/prison disciplinary matters outside the Tribunal's tort jurisdiction, there was no legal error in the deputy adjudicator's handling of witnesses or evidence disclosure, and no basis existed to set aside the costs award; accordingly there was no prospect of success on appeal.