Espanola Eliza Alegado v. The Hospital Authority

Case No.HCAL 1441/2024[2024] HKCFI 2294
Court
High Court CFI
Date30 Aug 2024
Judge
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HCAL 1441/2024

[2024] HKCFI 2294

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 1441 of 2024

BETWEEN    
ESPANOLA ELIZA ALEGADO Applicant
and
THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY Putative Respondent

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 Applicant;

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. 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 30th day of August 2024.

  (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 30/8/2024
 
Messrs. Latham & Watkins LLP

Solicitors for the Applicant
Ref.: 505024-0001
  Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 30/8/2024

The Hospital Authority
The Putative Respondent
Ref.: KWH-MSS-23-11880(H)



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