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HOSTFORD DECELOPMENT LTD AND OTHERS v. TOWN PLANNING BOARD, HCAL 2260/2023

Case Number

HCAL 2260/2023

Court

Court of First Instance

(CFI)

Decision Date

19 December 2023

Parties

Applicant(s):

HOSTFORD DECELOPMENT LIMITED 1st Applicant DIALOGUE IN THE DARK (HK) FOUNDATION LIMITED 2nd Applicant WONG WANG TAI, HOSTFORD DECELOPMENT LIMITED, DIALOGUE IN THE DARK (HK) FOUNDATION LIMITED, WONG WANG TAI

Respondent(s):

TOWN PLANNING BOARD

HOSTFORD DECELOPMENT LTD AND OTHERS v. TOWN PLANNING BOARD

[2023] HKCFI 3326 · HCAL 2260/2023

Court of First Instance19 December 2023

HCAL2260/2023 HOSTFORD DECELOPMENT LTD AND OTHERS v. TOWN PLANNING BOARD

HCAL 2260/2023

[2023] HKCFI 3326

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 2260 of 2023

BETWEEN
	HOSTFORD DECELOPMENT LIMITED	1^st Applicant
	DIALOGUE IN THE DARK (HK) FOUNDATION LIMITED	2^nd Applicant
	WONG WANG TAI	3^rd Applicant
	and
	TOWN PLANNING BOARD	Putative Respondent
	and
	GREAT KINETIC LIMITED	1^st Putative Interested Party
	FULL GLORY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED	2^nd Putative Interested Party
	EVER GENIUS LIMITED	3^rd Putative Interested Party

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 counsel for the Applicant and counsel for the 2^nd putative respondent in court;

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, including (if possible) agreed availability dates for the hearing of the application. 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 19^th day of December 2023.

(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 19/12/2023 Messrs. Haldanes Solicitors for the Applicants Ref.: 2023-033210/YKL/FHC		Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 19/12/2023 Town Planning Board The Putative Respondent 15^th Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong Great Kinetic Limited The 1^st Putative Interested Party 31^st Floor, Tower Two, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Full Glory Development Limited The 2^nd Putative Interested Party Room 29A, 1^st Floor, No. 242 Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong Ever Genius Limited The 3^rd Putative Interested Party Unit 1505, 15^th Floor, Workingport Commercial Building, 3 Hau Fook Street, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

HOSTFORD DECELOPMENT LTD AND OTHERS v. TOWN PLANNING BOARD

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