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MR, CHOW KIN HANG ALI v. MR. KWOK LAM KWONG LARRY, JP THE CHAIRMAN OF INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COUNCIL (IPCC), HCAL 869/2017

Case Number

HCAL 869/2017

Court

Court of First Instance

(CFI)

Decision Date

10 November 2025

Parties

Applicant(s):

Mr, Chow Kin Hang Ali

Respondent(s):

Mr. Kwok Lam Kwong Larry, JP The Chairman of Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC)

MR, CHOW KIN HANG ALI v. MR. KWOK LAM KWONG LARRY, JP THE CHAIRMAN OF INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COUNCIL (IPCC)

[2025] HKCFI 5462

Court of First Instance10 November 2025

HCAL869/2017 MR, CHOW KIN HANG ALI v. MR. KWOK LAM KWONG LARRY, JP THE CHAIRMAN OF INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COUNCIL (IPCC)

HCAL 869/2017

[2025] HKCFI 5462

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 869 of 2017

BETWEEN
	Mr, Chow Kin Hang Ali	Applicant
	and
	Mr. Kwok Lam Kwong Larry, JP The Chairman of Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC)	Putative Respondent

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 :

The Applicant’s application for leave to apply for judicial review is dismissed. I make no order as to costs.

Observations:

Nil

Dated the 10^th day of November 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 10/11/2025 Chow Kin Hang Ali The Applicant Ref.: Nil		Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 10/11/2025 Chairman of Independent Police Complaints Council The Putative Respondent c/o Senior Assistant Law Officer (Civil Law) (Civil Litigation Unit) 2 Department of Justice 6th Floor, Main and East Wing, Justice Place 18 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong

MR, CHOW KIN HANG ALI v. MR. KWOK LAM KWONG LARRY, JP THE CHAIRMAN OF INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COUNCIL (IPCC)

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