4 Nov 2005
CHU WOAN CHYI AND OTHERS v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
- Citation
- CHU WOAN CHYI AND OTHERS v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL32/2003
Court ordered limited discovery of specified watchlist-related documents (paras 1,2,3,4,5,7 and 9 of applicants' schedule) because those materials were necessary for fair disposal of contested factual issues about what information was available to decision‑makers and what guidance they used; discovery of dates of removal from the watchlist and similar material (paras 6 and 8) was refused as unnecessary fishing. The court applied the principle that discovery in judicial review is discretionary and only required where necessary to determine legal defects, balanced against presumption of regular…