Read the full judgment text of CACV 16/2026 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 March 2026.
1. This is the applicant’s appeal against the order of Deputy High Court Judge Bruno Chan dated 31 December 2025 ( [2025] HKCFI 6471 ) (‘the Leave Decision’) refusing her application for leave to apply for judicial review (‘the Leave Application’) against the decision of the Director of Immigration (‘the Director’) dated 2 September 2021, refusing her non-refoulement claim. The applicant never brought any appeal to the Torture Claims Appeal Board against the Director’s decision. Instead, on