Re Jami Mahmood

CAMP 205/2020

[2022] HKCA 932

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS NO 205 OF 2020

(ON AN INTENDED APPEAL FROM HCAL 930 OF 2017)

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Before:  Hon Poon CJHC and Barma JA in Court

Date of Judgment:  28 July 2022

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J U D G M E N T

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Hon Barma JA (giving the Judgment of the Court):

1.On 19 July 2021, this court (Poon CJHC and Barma JA)  handed down a judgment dismissing the applicant’s application for extension of time to appeal against the decision of Campbell-Moffat J given on 7 August 2020 dismissing the applicant’s application for leave to apply for judicial review. The applicant had sought to review the decision of the Torture Claims Appeal Board dismissing his appeal from the decision of the Director of Immigration rejecting his non-refoulement claim.

2.The facts and issues in the application, as well as the court’s reasons for dismissing it, are set out in our judgment.[1]  We will not repeat them here.

3.The applicant subsequently applied, by a Notice of Motion filed on 27 July 2021, for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal.  The applicant simply stated in the Notice of Motion (as well as his affirmation filed on 27 July 2021)  that he wished to “process [his] case further”.

4.The applicant did not lodge any written submissions pursuant to Practice Direction 2.1.

5.Having considered the applicant’s Notice of Motion and affirmation, we see no reason to depart from the usual practice of determining an application of this kind on the papers.  We have, therefore, determined the applicant’s application on the basis of the documents filed.

6.We are of the view that the matters advanced by the applicant do not constitute grounds for granting leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal.  The applicant has failed to identify any question of great general or public importance for the Court of Final Appeal to determine, as required by section 22(1)(b)  of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance, Cap 484.  Nor is any such question apparent to us from the matters he has raised.

7.None of the matters stated in the Notice of Motion are in our view reasonably arguable before the Court of Final Appeal. We also do not see any basis for granting leave on the “otherwise” limb under section 22(1)(b).

8.For these reasons, the Notice of Motion filed on 27 July 2021 is dismissed.

The applicant acting in person