LAU YAM v. DIRECTOR OF LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES AND ANOTHER

[2026] HKCFI 861

Court of First Instance6 February 2026

Judges:Coleman

HCAL2720/2025 LAU YAM v. DIRECTOR OF LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES AND ANOTHER

HCAL 2720/2025

[2026] HKCFI 861

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 2720 of 2025

BETWEEN
	Lau Yam (劉嶔)	Applicant
	and
	DIRECTOR OF LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES	1^st Putative Respondent
	THE HONG KONG FILM ARCHIVE	2^nd 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 senior counsel and counsel for the applicant and the principal government counsel and government counsel for the respondents in court;

Order by The Honourable Mr Justice Coleman :

1. Leave to apply for judicial review be granted;

2. A substantive hearing be fixed at 10:00am on 20 May 2026, with 1 day reserved.

Observations:

Dated the 6^th day of February 2026.

(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 6/2/2026 Messrs. Nasirs Solicitors for the Applicant Ref.: L817.1.2026.ABN		Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 6/2/2026 Department of Justice For the 1^st and 2^nd Putative Respondents Ref.: HCAL 2720/2025

LAU YAM v. DIRECTOR OF LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES AND ANOTHER

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