Lee Tak Hung and Another v. Secretary for Home Affairs and Others
Case No.HCAL 1196/2018[2025] HKCFI 5464
Court
High Court CFI
Date10 Nov 2025
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HCAL 1196/2018
[2025] HKCFI 5464
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 1196 of 2018
BETWEEN
LEE TAK HUNG
1st Applicant
CHAN YIU FAI
2nd Applicant
and
SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS
1st Putative Respondent
DIRECTOR OF LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES
2nd Putative Respondent
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT MEETING, HONG KONG PUBLIC LIBARIES
3rd 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 :
The Applicant’s application for leave to apply for judicial review is dismissed. I make no order as to costs.
Observations:
Nil
Dated the 10th day of November 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 10/11/2025
Messrs. Bond Ng Solicitors
Solicitors for the 1st and 2nd Applicants
Ref.: BN/CI/20114/2018/jl
Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 10/11/2025
Department of Justice
For the 1st to 3rd Putative Respondents
Ref.: HCAL 1196/18
Form CALL-1
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