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Hong Kong Case Law

Nationality/statelessness
  • 21 Jul 2022

    RE LIANA RISDIANTI AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2022] HKCA 1058
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV81/2022

    The 1st Applicant's appeal was dismissed because the Board's adverse factual findings on credibility, risk from husband and loan shark, state protection and internal relocation were open to it and no public law error was shown. The 2nd Applicant's appeal was allowed insofar as there was a reasonably arguable, child-specific basis that the Board did not adequately consider (including potential societal discrimination, mixed-race/illegitimacy issues and unclear nationality), warranting leave to apply for judicial review; procedural noncompliance was treated as an irregularity and the Official S…