Manneh Cherno v. Torture Claims Appeal Board

Read the full judgment text of HCAL 683/2025 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 10 September 2025.

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Case No.HCAL 683/2025[2025] HKCFI 2547
Court
High Court CFI
Date10 Sep 2025
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HCAL 683/2025

[2025] HKCFI 2547

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST

NO 683 OF 2025

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BETWEEN    
Manneh Cherno Applicant
and
Torture Claims Appeal Board Putative
Respondent
and  
Director of Immigration
Putative
Interested Party

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Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review

NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord 53 r 3)

Before: Deputy High Court Judge Bruno Chan in Court
Date of Form CALL-1: 17th June 2025
Date of Corrigendum: 10th September 2025

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CORRIGENDUM

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Please note the following correction(s) in the Form CALL-1: -

(1) Page 8, paragraph 26 should be deleted.

(2) Page 8, paragraph 25 should read “Accordingly, I am satisfied that there are merits in the Applicant’s intended application and therefore extended time thereto, and grant leave to the Applicant to apply for judicial review of the Board’s decision on the grounds that the Board (1) erred in law in its assessment and determination of the Applicant’s claim that he did not have a well-founded fear of persecution due to his sexual orientation if refouled to The Gambia; and/or (2) failed to apply the relevant test and/or to conduct the necessary inquiries in its determination whether the Applicant has a well-founded fear of being persecuted due to his sexual orientation in The Gambia, and direct that he shall file and issue the originating summons within 14 days of this decision, and to serve a copy thereof together with all the relevant documents on the Board as respondent and the Director as interested party.”

Dated the 10th day of September 2025

  (Chung Lai Fan, Christine)
Clerk to Deputy High Court Judge Bruno Chan

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