Cheng Yiu Tong v. The Commissioner of Police

Read the full judgment text of HCAL 520/2023 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 3 April 2023.

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Case No.HCAL 520/2023[2023] HKCFI 942
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High Court CFI
Date03 Apr 2023
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HCAL 520/2023

[2023] HKCFI 942

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 520 of 2023

BETWEEN    
Cheng Yiu Tong (鄭耀棠) Applicant
and
The Commissioner of Police Putative Respondent
and
Hang Seng Bank Limited
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited
1st Putative Interested Party
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 :

Leave to apply for judicial review granted on the papers.

Observations:

The Applicant, the Respondent and the Interested Parties are specifically referred to §§8-12 of Practice Direction 26.1, and invited to propose case management directions for the consideration of the Court (indicating whether the proposals are agreed or not).

When doing so, the parties intending to be heard on the application for judicial review should also provide available dates of their Counsel for the period from 1 May 2023 to 31 December 2023 inclusive.

Dated the 3rd day of April 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 3/4/2023
 
Messrs. Wong & Co., Solicitors

Solicitors for the Applicant
Ref.: CC/00103237/16/BH/bh
  Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 3/4/2023

The Commissioner of Police
The Putative Respondent
c/o Department of Justice
Ref.: Nil

Hang Seng Bank Limited
The 1st Putative Interested Party
Ref.: Nil

Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited
The 2nd Putative Interested Party
Ref.: Nil


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