Read the full judgment text of HCAL 79/2013 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 March 2014.
1. This judicial review turns on a very narrow question, namely, whether the Director of Immigration (“the Director”) had asked himself the wrong question in rejecting the applicant’s application for residence in Hong Kong by way of two decisions dated 18 October 2012 and 6 February 2013 (“the 1 st Decision” and the “2 nd Decision” respectively). The gist of the applicant’s complaint is that she applied for residence on humanitarian grounds but the Director dealt with her application with refer