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Hong Kong Case Law

Prison conditions

  • 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.

  • 18 Dec 2017

    MOHAMMAD PALASH v. WILLIAM LAM, ESQ AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    MOHAMMAD PALASH v. WILLIAM LAM, ESQ AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAL120/2017

    Leave refused because applicant's grounds were not reasonably arguable: COI did not show real risk of torture/CIDTP or denial of fair trial of the minimum severity required, applicant was a fugitive from justice, claimant failed to produce expert evidence on Bangladeshi law to show no retrial or lack of notice, and the TCAB decision met standards of law and procedural fairness and was not Wednesbury unreasonable.