HCAL 2319/2019 and HCAL 1741/2021

[2025] HKCFI 3839

(Heard together)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 2319 of 2019

AND

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 1741 of 2021

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 all Applicants being absent at the hearing on 4 August 2025;

1.  Both applications are to be heard together;

2.  Extension of time to apply for leave to apply for Judicial Review in HCAL 2319/2019 be granted; and

3.  Leave to apply for Judicial Review in both applications be refused.

Observations for the Applicant:

Introduction

1. There are two applications for leave to apply for judicial review (“leave application(s)”) before the Court. The 1 ^st Applicant in the two applications is the mother of the other applicants. In HCAL 2319/2019, she applied on behalf of herself, her elder daughter (the “elder daughter”) and her younger daughter (the “younger daughter”). In HCAL 1741/2021, she applied solely on behalf of her younger daughter. They sought leave to review the decision of the Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office (the “Board”) dated 8 March 2019 (the “First Decision”) in respect of the mother and the elder daughter and the decision dated 1 December 2021 in respect of the younger daughter (the “Second Decision”) dismissing their respective appeals against the decision of the Director of Immigration (the “Director”) refusing their applications for non-refoulement protection. The two applications are heard together. It should be noted that though the younger daughter was named as a party to the leave application in HCAL 2319/