NGUYEN HUU SON V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

[2025] HKCA 1030 Court of Appeal 5 December 2025 • CACV356/2025 • 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 1030, Court of Appeal, decided 5 December 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Au Coram Chow Coram

Parties (3)

Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office Putative Respondent Nguyen Huu Son Applicant

Case Significance

NGUYEN HUU SON V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [2025] HKCA 1030 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 2144.

Summary

Vietnamese national Nguyen Huu Son applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against the Court of Appeal's refusal of his non-refoulement judicial review. The applicant failed to identify any error in the CA judgment or any question of great general or public importance. The application for leave to appeal was refused.

What did the Court of Appeal decide in Nguyen Huu Son v Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 1030?

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 NGUYEN HUU SON V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [2025] HKCFI 2144.