Coomber, Peter John v. Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan, Mrs Chairman, Public Service Commission

Read the full judgment text of HCAL 922/2022 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 March 2023.

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Case No.HCAL 922/2022[2023] HKCFI 637
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High Court CFI
Date06 Mar 2023
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HCAL 922/2022

[2023] HKCFI 637

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LISTNo. 922 of 2022

BETWEEN    
  COOMBER, Peter John Applicant
  and  
  RITA LAU NG WAI-LAN, Mrs Chairman,
Public Service Commission
Putative Respondent
  and  
  JOHN LEE KA-CHIU
Chief Executive HKSAR
1st Putative Interested Party
  RAYMOND SIU CHAK-YEE
Commissioner of Police
2nd 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 oral submission by counsel for the 1st and 2nd applicants and oral submission by counsel for the 2nd putative respondent in court;

Order by The Honourable Mr Justice Coleman :

1)   Leave to apply for judicial review granted (based on the papers received in accordance with previous directions).

2)   Application for interim relief refused.

3)   The substantive hearing is fixed for 10:00 am on 8 May 2023 (with 1 day reserved).

Observations:

/

Dated the 6th day of March 2023.

  (Alvin KWOK)
  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/Handed to the Applicant/the Applicant’s solicitors on 6/3/2023
 
COOMBER, Peter John

The Applicant
Ref.: Nil
  Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 6/3/2023

Department of Justice
For the Putative Respondent and the 1st and 2nd Putative Interested Parties
Ref.: HCAL 922/22


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