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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
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BETWEEN
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HOSTFORD DECELOPMENT LIMITED |
1st Applicant |
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DIALOGUE IN THE DARK (HK) FOUNDATION LIMITED |
2nd Applicant |
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WONG WANG TAI |
3rd Applicant |
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TOWN PLANNING BOARD |
Putative Respondent |
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and |
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GREAT KINETIC LIMITED |
1st Putative Interested Party |
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FULL GLORY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED |
2nd Putative Interested Party |
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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:
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consideration of the documents only; or |
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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:
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Dated the 19th day of December 2023.
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(Alvin KWOK)
for Registrar, High Court
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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:
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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)).
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Sent/Handed to the Applicant/the Applicant’s solicitors on 19/12/2023
Messrs. Haldanes
Solicitors for the Applicants
Ref.: 2023-033210/YKL/FHC
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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 |
Form CALL-1
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