AZIZ SHAFQAT V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

[2025] HKCA 1057 Court of Appeal 22 December 2025 • CACV152/2025 • 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 1057, Court of Appeal, decided 22 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 Aziz Shafqat Applicant

Case Significance

AZIZ SHAFQAT V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [2025] HKCA 1057 sought leave to appeal following [2025] HKCFI 736 in the Court of First Instance, invoking section 22(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance. The Court of Appeal refused leave, holding: "leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed."

Summary

Pakistani national Aziz Shafqat applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against the dismissal 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, and the intended appeal had no reasonable prospect of success. The application for leave was refused.

What did the Court of Appeal rule in Aziz Shafqat v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 1057?

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal and dismissed the Notice of Motion, under section 22(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance, following the earlier Court of First Instance decision in the same non-refoulement matter, [2025] HKCFI 736.