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LAU TAK KEE MOTOR ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT LTD v. DIRECTOR OF LANDS for and on behalf of THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, NORTH, LANDS DEPARTMENT, HCAL 58/2025

Case Number

HCAL 58/2025

Court

Court of First Instance

(CFI)

Decision Date

9 January 2025

Parties

Applicant(s):

LAU TAK KEE MOTOR ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT

Respondent(s):

EQUIPMENT Applicant LIMITED (劉德記汽車工程有限公司) and DIRECTOR OF LANDS for and on behalf of THE DISTRICT LANDS, DIRECTOR OF LANDS for and on behalf of THE DISTRICT LANDS

LAU TAK KEE MOTOR ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT LTD v. DIRECTOR OF LANDS for and on behalf of THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, NORTH, LANDS DEPARTMENT

[2025] HKCFI 302

Court of First Instance9 January 2025

HCAL58/2025 LAU TAK KEE MOTOR ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT LTD v. DIRECTOR OF LANDS for and on behalf of THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, NORTH, LANDS DEPARTMENT

HCAL 58/2025

[2025] HKCFI 302

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 58 of 2025

BETWEEN
	LAU TAK KEE MOTOR ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT	Applicant
	LIMITED (劉德記汽車工程有限公司)
	and
	DIRECTOR OF LANDS for and on behalf of THE DISTRICT LANDS	Putative Respondent
	OFFICE, NORTH, LANDS DEPARTMENT

Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review

NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord. 53 r. 3)

Following:

consideration of the documents only; or

consideration of the documents and oral submission by the applicant;

Order by The Honourable Mr Justice Coleman :

1. Leave to apply for judicial review is granted on the papers.

2. The parties are to liaise with a view to proposing jointly agreed directions to lead to a substantive hearing of the application for judicial review. The parties are referred to paragraphs 8-13 of Practice Direction 26.1.

3. Liberty to apply.

4. All questions of costs are reserved.

Observations:

Dated the 9^th day of January 2025.

(Alvin KWOK)
for Registrar, High Court

Where leave to apply has been granted, Applicants and their legal advisers are reminded of their obligation to reconsider the merits of their application in the light of the Respondent’s evidence

Notes for the Applicant: If leave has been granted, the Applicant or his solicitors must:
a) serve on the respondent and such interested parties as may be directed by the Court the order granting leave and any directions given within 14 days after the leave was granted (Order 53, rule 4A); b) issue the originating summons within 14 days after the grant of leave and serve it in accordance with Order 53, rule 5; and c) supply to every other party copies of every affidavit which the Applicant proposes to use at the hearing, including the affidavit in support of the application for leave (Order 53, rule 6(5)).		Sent/Handed to the Applicant/the Applicant’s solicitors on 9/1/2025 Messrs. David Y.Y. Fung & Co. Solicitors for the Applicant Ref.: Y-5107-24		Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 9/1/2025 DIRECTOR OF LANDS for and on behalf of THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, NORTH, LANDS DEPARTMENT The Putative Respondent c/o Senior Assistant Law Officer (Civil Law) (Civil Litigation Unit) 2 Department of Justice 6^th Floor, Main and East Wing, Justice Place 18 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong Ref.: DLONR 208/NAT/79

LAU TAK KEE MOTOR ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT LTD v. DIRECTOR OF LANDS for and on behalf of THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, NORTH, LANDS DEPARTMENT

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