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Md Masud Rana v. Ms Alexandra Lo, Esq

Case No.HCAL 1182/2018[2018] HKCFI 2758
Court
High Court CFI
Date14 Dec 2018
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HCAL1182/2018

[2018] HKCFI 2758

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 1182 of 2018

BETWEEN

Md Masud Rana Applicant
and
Ms Alexandra Lo, Esq. Putative Respondent
and
Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party

Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review
NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord. 53 r. 3)

Following;

    consideration of the documents only;       or
    consideration of the documents and the Applicant being absent in open court;

Order by Deputy High Court Judge K.W. Lung:

Leave to apply for Judicial Review be dismissed for want of prosecution.

Observations for the Applicant (Order by Deputy High Court Judge K.W. Lung):

1.By Form 86 under Order 53, rule 3(2) of the Rules of the High Court, the applicant applied for leave for judicial review of the decision of the Adjudicator of the Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office.

2.The applicant requested hearing of his application by the Court.

3.The application was set down for hearing on 14 December 2018 at 10am.

4.The applicant was absent at the hearing.

5.The Court of Appeal in Re: Ahmed Syed Rafiq [2018] HKCA 178 (CACV 272/2017) 26 March 2018 held that for active case management, the Court has power to strike out the application for want of prosecution. See paragraph 12:

‘12. In Choy Bing Wing v President of Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE) (unreported, CACV 172/2013, 19 February 2014), it was held at [15] that “The court’s duty on active case management is equally applicable to appeals as in first instance cases. The expeditious and efficient disposal of appeals is important in the proper administration of justice”. The Court has power to strike out an appeal on the ground of abuse of process which includes a striking out for want of prosecution ([18]).’

6.Accordingly, the applicant’s application is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Dated 14th day of December 2018

(Alan Ngan)
for Registrar, High Court

Where leave to apply has been granted, Applicants and their legal advisers are reminded of their obligation to reconsider the merits of their application in the light of the Respondent’s evidence



Notes for the Applicant:

If leave has been granted, the Applicant or his solicitors must:

        

a) serve on the respondent and such interested parties as may be directed by the Court the order granting leave and any directions given within 14 days after the leave was granted(Order 53, rule 4A);

b) issue the originating summons within 14 days after the grant of leave and serve it in accordance with Order 53, rule 5; and

c) supply to every other party copies of every affidavit which the Applicant proposes to use at the hearing, including the affidavit in support of the application for leave (Order 53, rule 6(5)).

  

Sent to the Applicant on 14/12/2018
Md Masud Rana

Applicant’s ref. no:
Nil.

  

Sent to the Putative Respondent / the Putative Respondent’s solicitors / such Putative Interested Parties as may be directed by the Court / the Putative Interested Parties’ solicitors on 14/12/2018

Ms Alexandra Lo, Esq.
Putative Respondent’s ref. no.:
USM 8040/17/8/78/B921

Director of Immigration
Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.:
QA T/C 1218/17 (formerly RBCZ 164/13)

Department of Justice,
Senior Assistant Law Office
(Civil Law)
(Civil Litigation Unit 2)


Form CALL-1

Cites 3 cases

Cases cited in this judgment

Re Ahmed Syed Rafiq
[2018] HKCA 178 · Court of Appeal
26 Mar 2018
Full analysis
Re Ahmed Syed Rafiq
CACV 272/2017 · Court of Appeal
04 Jun 2018
Full analysis
Choy Bing Wing v. President of Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (Hkie)
CACV 172/2013 · Court of Appeal
19 Feb 2014
Full analysis
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