DADE KOFI V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

[2025] HKCA 256 Court of Appeal 31 March 2025 • CACV421/2024 • 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 256, Court of Appeal, decided 31 March 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Chow Coram Lisa Wong Coram

Parties (3)

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

Case Significance

In Dade Kofi v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCA 256, the Court of Appeal considered an application for leave to appeal in a non-refoulement matter. Applying section 22(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance, the court held that 'leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed,' following earlier Court of First Instance proceedings in Dade Kofi v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office [2024] HKCFI 2449.

Summary

Dade Kofi, a Ghanaian national, applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against the Court of Appeal's dismissal of his non-refoulement judicial review appeal. The Court found no question of great general or public importance and no prospects of success, and dismissed the notice of motion.

What was the outcome in Dade Kofi v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 256?

The Court of Appeal held that leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed, applying section 22(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance to the non-refoulement claim.