Hostford Decelopment Ltd and Others v. Town Planning Board

Read the full judgment text of HCAL 2260/2023 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 December 2023.

1. Leave to apply for judicial review is granted on the papers.

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Case No.HCAL 2260/2023[2023] HKCFI 3326
Court
High Court CFI
Date19 Dec 2023
Judge
Case Document
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HCAL 2260/2023

[2023] HKCFI 3326

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 2260 of 2023

BETWEEN

  HOSTFORD DECELOPMENT LIMITED 1st Applicant
  DIALOGUE IN THE DARK (HK) FOUNDATION LIMITED 2nd Applicant
  WONG WANG TAI 3rd Applicant
  and  
  TOWN PLANNING BOARD Putative Respondent
  and  
  GREAT KINETIC LIMITED 1st Putative Interested Party
  FULL GLORY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 2nd Putative Interested Party
  EVER GENIUS LIMITED 3rd 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 the counsel for the Applicant and counsel for the 2nd putative respondent in court;

Order by The Honourable Mr Justice Coleman :

1.Leave to apply for judicial review is granted on the papers.

2.The parties are to liaise with a view to proposing jointly agreed directions to lead to a substantive hearing of the application for judicial review, including (if possible) agreed availability dates for the hearing of the application. The parties are referred to paragraphs 8-13 of Practice Direction 26.1.

3.Liberty to apply.

4.All questions of costs are reserved.

Observations:

/

Dated the 19th day of December 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 19/12/2023


Messrs. Haldanes
Solicitors for the Applicants
Ref.: 2023-033210/YKL/FHC
  Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 19/12/2023

Town Planning Board
The Putative Respondent
15th Floor, North Point Government Offices,
333 Java Road,
North Point,
Hong Kong

Great Kinetic Limited
The 1st Putative Interested Party
31st Floor,
Tower Two,
Times Square,
1 Matheson Street,
Causeway Bay,
Hong Kong

Full Glory Development Limited
The 2nd Putative Interested Party
Room 29A, 1st Floor,
No. 242 Apliu Street,
Sham Shui Po,
Kowloon, Hong Kong

Ever Genius Limited
The 3rd Putative Interested Party
Unit 1505, 15th Floor,
Workingport Commercial Building,
3 Hau Fook Street,
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon,
Hong Kong



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