Read the full judgment text of CACV 000109/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 June 1999.
1. These appeals arise from two actions commenced by these 17 appellants and another applicant (who had withdrawn from the proceedings) against the Director of Immigration. In the first action (HCAL No.20 of 1999), the appellants sought an order of certiorari quashing the decisions of the Director to remove them from Hong Kong and to detain them pending such removal; an order of prohibition prohibiting the Director from executing the removal orders made against them; an order of mandamus requiri