Nguyen Van Tung, Alias Nguyen Vantung v. Torture Claims Appeal Board/ Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office

Read the full judgment text of HCAL 19/2021 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 April 2021.

1. The applicant filed Form 86 dated 6 January 2021 for application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Decision dated 22 March 2018 of the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“ the Board ”)

Case No.HCAL 19/2021[2021] HKCFI 885
Court
High Court CFI
Date08 Apr 2021
Judge
Case Document
100%Judiciary

HCAL 19/2021

[2021] HKCFI 885

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 19 of 2021

BETWEEN

Nguyen Van Tung, alias Nguyen Vantung 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 6 January 2021 for application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Decision dated 22 March 2018 of the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“the Board”)

2.By letter dated 24 March 2021, the applicant applied to this Court to cancel his judicial review application, saying that his problem in Vietnam has been solved.

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

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

Dated the 8th day of April 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 8 April 2021

Nguyen Van Tung, alias Nguyen Vantung

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 8 April 2021
 
Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office
Putative Respondent’s ref. no.:
USM 5402/16/12/49/V684

Director of Immigration
Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.: QA T/C 1602/16 (formerly RBCZ 269/15)
 
Department of Justice,
Senior Assistant Law Officer
(Civil Law)
(Civil Litigation Unit 2) 


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