Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Reasoning and adequacy of reasons

Legal area

Court

14 Feb 2025

CHOI KA MAN v. VETERINARY SURGEONS BOARD OF HONG KONG

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 649
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL1983/2024

Leave to apply for judicial review was dismissed because the PIC acted within its statutory and regulatory discretion: its request for statutory declarations was lawful and intended to secure best evidence; it rationally weighed dated and hearsay material and was entitled to decline to treat such material as determinative; the Decision addressed the core complaint and gave adequate reasons; no reasonably arguable ground of illegality, irrationality or procedural impropriety was established.
15 Jun 2016

LI WAI HUNG CESARIO v. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS BOARD

Citation

LI WAI HUNG CESARIO v. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS BOARD
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV250/2015

The Court held the Board properly exercised its appellate rehearing jurisdiction, lawfully adopted and affirmed the Public Officer's assessment, and reasonably concluded on the evidence (including locality maps showing five existing parlours within or around a practical 100 metre radius) that granting the licence would result in an undue concentration; the applicant's grounds failed to show illegality, irrationality or failure to take relevant considerations into account, so the appeal was dismissed.