Read the full judgment text of HCAL12/2009 and HCAL13/2009 on BabelCite. This Court of First Instance judgment was delivered on 21 September 2009 before Hon Andrew Cheung J.
Judicial review – late amendment – new evidence – post-CJR era – high threshold – delay – prejudice – adjournment as prejudice – Lau Kong Yung v Director of Immigration – application to amend Form 86A refused – reply evidence allowed only as background material – no use for unpleaded grounds
Legal issues: Late application to amend Form 86A and introduce new evidence in judicial review
Outcome: Application to amend Form 86A in each application refused. Reply evidence allowed to remain as background material only, not to support unpleaded grounds.