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CEESAY LAMIN C. v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE, HCAL 3668/2019

Case Number

HCAL 3668/2019

Court

Court of First Instance

(CFI)

Decision Date

28 March 2025

Parties

Applicant(s):

Ceesay Lamin C

Respondent(s):

Torture Claims Appeal Board/ Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office

CEESAY LAMIN C. v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

[2025] HKCFI 1064

Court of First Instance28 March 2025

HCAL3668/2019 CEESAY LAMIN C. v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

HCAL 3668/2019

[2025] HKCFI 1064

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST NO. 3668 OF 2019

BETWEEN
	Ceesay Lamin C.	Applicant
	and
	Torture Claims Appeal Board/ Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office	Putative Respondent
	and
	Director of Immigration	Putative
		Interested Party

Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review
NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord. 53 r. 3)

Following:

consideration of documents only; or

consideration of the documents and the Applicant being absent in open court;

Order by Deputy High Court Judge (Non-refoulement Claims) Teresa Wu on the 14^th day of February 2025:

1. Form 86 be amended to correctly name the Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office and the Director of Immigration as the Putative Respondent and the Putative Interested Party respectively.

2. The application for leave to apply for judicial review be dismissed.

Observations for the Applicant:

According to the record of the Immigration Department, the Applicant was granted stay in Hong Kong on 12 August 2021.

Dated the 28^th day of March 2025

(Alfred Chan)
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 the Applicant’s 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 to the Applicant on 28/3/2025 Ceesay Lamin C. Applicant’s ref. no: Nil		Sent to the Putative Respondent / the Putative Respondent’s solicitors / such Putative Interested Parties as may be directed by the Court / the Putative Interested Parties’ solicitors on 28/3/2025 Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office Putative Respondent’s ref. no.: USM 13674/18/10/16/GA125 Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.: QA T/C 3173/18 (Formerly RBCZ 10130/15)PSO Department of Justice, Senior Assistant Law Officer (Civil Law) (Civil Litigation Unit 2)

CEESAY LAMIN C. v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

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