A v. Secretary for Justice

Read the full judgment text of HCAL 134/2025 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 14 January 2025.

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

Case No.HCAL 134/2025[2025] HKCFI 360
Court
High Court CFI
Date14 Jan 2025
Judge
Case Document
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HCAL 134/2025

[2025] HKCFI 360

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 134 of 2025

BETWEEN

  A Applicant
  and  
  SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE Putative Respondent
  and  
  H 1st Putative Interested Party
  C 2nd 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 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 14th day of January 2025.

  (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 14/1/2025


Messrs. Hugill & Ip
Solicitors for the Applicant
Ref.: 6914.00001.24
  Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 14/1/2025

SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
The Putative Respondent
c/o Senior Assistant Law Officer (Civil Law) (Civil Litigation Unit) 2
Department of Justice
6th Floor, Main and East Wing, Justice Place
18 Lower Albert Road,
Central, Hong Kong



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