Cielo Genalence Daguro v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office

Case No.HCAL 1687/2019[2024] HKCFI 1268

Court

High Court CFI

Date21 May 2024

Judge—

Case Document

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HCAL 1687/2019

[2024] HKCFI 1268

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 1687 of 2019

BETWEEN
	Cielo Genalence Daguro	Applicant
	and
	Torture Claims Appeal Board/ Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office	Putative Respondent
	and
	Director of Immigration	Putative
		Interested Party

Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review
NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord. 53 r. 3)

Following;

consideration of documents only; or

consideration of documents and Applicant being absent in open court;

Order by Deputy High Court Judge K.W. Lung:

Leave to apply for Judicial Review be dismissed.

1.The applicant is an illegal immigrant by overstaying. She lodged non-refoulement claim with the Immigration Department and was rejected by the Director of Immigration (“the Director”). She appealed to the Torture Claims Appeal Board (the “Board”) and, by the Board’s Decision, her appeal was dismissed by the Board.

2.The applicant filed Form 86 on 19 June 2019 for application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Board’s Decision.

3.By a letter dated 24 April 2024 from the Immigration Department, the Immigration Department informed this Court that the applicant was removed from Hong Kong on 16 May 2023.

4.Section 37ZF of the Ordinance provides, inter alia:

“Deemed withdrawal of torture claim on claimant’s departure

(1) A torture claim (whether a claim pending final determination or a substantiated claim) made by a claimant who is subject or liable to removal must be treated as withdrawn if the claimant (for whatever reason) leaves Hong Kong.”

5.There is no other outstanding matter in this action. The Court should dismiss the application under the present circumstances.

6.The application is therefore dismissed.

Dated the 21^st day of May 2024

(M.O. WONG)(Ms)
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 the Applicant’s 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 to the Applicant on 21/5/2024 Cielo Genalence Daguro Applicant’s ref. no: Nil		Sent to the Putative Respondent / the Putative Respondent’s solicitors / such Putative Interested Parties as may be directed by the Court / the Putative Interested Parties’ solicitors on 21/5/2024 Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office Putative Respondent’s ref. no.: USM 12816/18/8/86/F811 Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.: QA T/C 1926/18 (formerly RBCZ 2001855/14) Department of Justice, Senior Assistant Law Officer (Civil Law) (Civil Litigation Unit 2)

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