21 Mar 2025
The application for leave to appeal was dismissed because the proposed appeal lacked any objective basis and did not raise any issue of general or public importance under s22(1)(b) Cap.484; there were no grounds for rehearing or further public hearing; the notice of motion was revoked and costs were awarded and summarily assessed at HK$6,900.
29 Jan 2014
Article 10 was engaged because the Tribunal determined issues affecting applicants' civil right of abode; however there was no contravention because this court, sitting in judicial review, had full jurisdiction to deal with the matters complained of and provided the necessary public scrutiny; accordingly the Tribunal's preliminary determinations stood (private hearing did not breach Article 10 in the facts, refusal of discovery was not unfair given absence of relevance or evidence, and civil standard of proof applied), and the judicial review application was dismissed.