Ahmed Saddam v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims

Case No.HCAL 275/2019[2021] HKCFI 669

Court

High Court CFI

Date18 Mar 2021

Judge—

Case Document

100%Judiciary

HCAL 275/2019

[2021] HKCFI 669

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 275 of 2019

BETWEEN

	Ahmed Saddam	Applicant
	and
	Torture Claims Appeal Board/ Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office	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 documents only; or

consideration of documents and Applicant being absent in open court;

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

Leave to apply for Judicial Review be dismissed.

Observations for the Applicant:

1.The applicant filed Form 86 dated 29 January 2019 for application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Decision dated 10 January 2019 of the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“the Board”)

2.The applicant’s Form 86 is amended to have the Board as proposed respondent and the Director or Immigration as the interested party.

3.By an Affirmation dated 1 March 2021, the applicant applied to this Court to close his judicial review application. He said in his affirmation that he wanted to go back home as soon as possible.

4.It is clear that the applicant has no intention of proceeding with his application. As such, his application should be dismissed.

5.Accordingly, I accede to the applicant’s request and dismiss his application.

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

Dated the 18^th day of March 2021

	(M. O. WONG)(Ms)
	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 the Applicant’s 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 18 March 2021 Ahmed Saddam 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 18 March 2021 Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office Putative Respondent’s ref. no.: - Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.: - Department of Justice, Senior Assistant Law Officer (Civil Law) (Civil Litigation Unit 2)

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