COLLINS OBI V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

[2025] HKCA 1029 Court of Appeal 5 December 2025 • CACV103/2025 • 3 min read

1 cases cited (0 HK, 1 foreign)

Outcome

Leave to appeal refused

leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed.

Source: [2025] HKCA 1029, Court of Appeal, decided 5 December 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Andrew Chan Coram Chow Coram

Parties (3)

Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office Putative Respondent Collins Obi Applicant

Case Significance

COLLINS OBI V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [2025] HKCA 1029 was an application for leave to appeal in a non-refoulement matter. The Court of Appeal held that "leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed," applying Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance section 22(1)(b), following the same-named decision at [2025] HKCFI 693.

Summary

Nigerian national Collins Obi applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against the Court of Appeal's dismissal of his non-refoulement judicial review. The applicant failed to identify any question of great general or public importance or any error in the CA judgment. The application for leave to appeal was refused and the Notice of Motion dismissed.

What did the Court of Appeal decide in Collins Obi v Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 1029?

The Court of Appeal held that "leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed," applying Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance section 22(1)(b), following the first-instance decision in COLLINS OBI V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [2025] HKCFI 693.