Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000024/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 2 February 2000.
1. This is an application for leave to apply for judicial review. It is made by 11 applicants who assert that they have the right of abode in Hong Kong. Each has a parent in Hong Kong who is a permanent resident, though only two were born after the parent acquired that status. Each has been the subject of a removal order made by the Director of Immigration who has detained them pending their removal. Their ages range between 8 years and 39 years.