24 Mar 2026
The appeal is dismissed because the applicant failed to comply with mandatory pleading requirements by not stating the relief and grounds in Form 86 or his affirmation, failed to demonstrate any reasonably arguable basis for judicial review, and advanced new fact‑sensitive grounds on appeal which the Court will not entertain; there was no error in the judge's refusal of leave.
31 Mar 2025
Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant identified no question of great general or public importance under s 22(1)(b), failed to identify any error in the Court of Appeal judgment or any viable ground of appeal, raised an unparticularised new ground about evidence which was not previously pleaded and did not specify the evidence to be adduced, and the intended appeal had no reasonable prospect of success.
14 Dec 2022
The appeal was dismissed because the applicant had validly and freely withdrawn his Board appeal and later affirmed it was safe to return; the Director and Board made no identifiable legal error or procedural unfairness; no reasonably arguable ground for judicial review was demonstrated; and the judge correctly refused leave.
22 Aug 2022
The application for relief from sanction was dismissed and the sanction maintained because the applicant failed to give a cogent explanation for non-compliance with the unless order, the appeal had no merits, the allegations were new or lacked particulars, and no question of great general or public importance was identified to warrant referral or leave to the Court of Final Appeal.
4 Jun 2020
Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant did not identify any error in the Court of Appeal judgment, did not request an oral hearing before the Judge, sought to rely on new grounds not previously argued, and failed to show any question of great general or public importance under s22(1)(b) of the Court of Final Appeal Ordinance; accordingly the statutory criteria for leave were not met.
4 Oct 2019
Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant failed to identify any viable or reasonably arguable ground to reverse the judge's decision, failed to engage with the Court of Appeal's reasons, raised new fact‑sensitive points not previously argued, and did not meet the statutory threshold in s22(1)(b) of the Court of Final Appeal Ordinance (Cap 484).
14 Jun 2019
The application for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal is dismissed because the applicant did not identify any question of great general or public importance under s.22(1)(b) Cap 484 and attempted to raise new fact-sensitive COI grounds not advanced in the Court of Appeal, with no basis under the 'otherwise' limb.