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HCAL 2198/2023
[2024] HKCFI 831
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 2198 of 2023
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WELL HONOUR DEVELOPMENT LIMITED |
Applicant |
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THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS OF LANDS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS |
Putative Respondent |
Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review
NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord. 53 r. 3)
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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 the senior government counsel and government counsel for the Putative Respondent in court; |
Order by The Honourable Mr Justice Coleman :
1. Leave to apply for judicial review granted.
2. The Respondent’s evidence to be filed by 22 April 2024.
3. The Applicant’s evidence in reply, if any, to be filed by 17 May 2024.
4. Adjourn to a date to be fixed for substantive hearing, not before 3 June 2024 with 1 day reserved.
5.Parties to send me the available dates for July and August by close of business on 22 March 2024.
Observations:
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Dated the 19th day of March 2024.
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(Alvin KWOK) |
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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:
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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 19/3/2024
Messrs. K.Y. Woo & Co.
Solicitors for the Applicant
Ref.: KYW/KY/KC/9643/2023 |
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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 19/3/2024
Department of Justice
For the Putative Respondent
Ref.: HCAL 2198/23 |
Form CALL-1
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