Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Minor claimant representation

Legal area

Court

7 Nov 2024

RE SURYANINGSIH AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2024] HKCA 1022
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP519/2022

Extension of time and appeal were dismissed because applicants provided no reasonable explanation for delay, failed to identify any arguable legal ground (error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality) in the Board's Decision, and the Board and Director had adequately and separately considered the minor's claim; non-compliance with Order 80 rule 2 was treated as an irregularity only and did not justify granting an extension for a hopeless appeal.
23 Nov 2022

RE MACAGANDA ELEANOR BALBAG AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2022] HKCA 1661
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP204/2022

Extension of time was refused because the applicants committed a substantial unexplained delay, the intended appeal lacked real prospects of success as no viable grounds were advanced to show the Board's decision involved error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality, and the minor's claim added no independent arguable ground; accordingly the summons for extension of time is dismissed and non-compliance with Order 80 r 2 treated as a mere irregularity.
23 Nov 2022

RE NGUYEN THI LE HUONG AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2022] HKCA 1673
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV199/2022

Leave to apply for judicial review was rightly refused because the Applicants failed to present any reasonably arguable ground of error; the Board’s adverse credibility findings were within its fact-finding province and not vitiated by error of law, procedural unfairness or irrationality; the minor’s claim was wholly dependent on the discredited account and raised no separate arguable grounds, so his intended judicial review was not reasonably arguable.

Hong Kong Case Law

RE SURYANINGSIH AND ANOTHER

RE MACAGANDA ELEANOR BALBAG AND ANOTHER

RE NGUYEN THI LE HUONG AND ANOTHER