NGUYEN THI HONG V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD

[2025] HKCA 358 Court of Appeal 30 April 2025 • CAMP163/2024 • 3 min read

2 cases cited (0 HK, 2 foreign)

Outcome

Leave to appeal refused

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

Source: [2025] HKCA 358, Court of Appeal, decided 30 April 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Chow Coram G Lam Coram

Parties (3)

Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party Torture Claims Appeal Board Putative Respondent Nguyen Thi Hong Applicant

Case Significance

Nguyen Thi Hong v Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 358 is a Court of Appeal decision of 30 April 2025 on an application under section 22(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal. It follows the applicant's earlier proceedings before the Court of First Instance, Nguyen Thi Hong v Torture Claims Appeal Board [2024] HKCFI 1456 and [2024] HKCFI 2043. The Court of Appeal held that leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed.

Summary

Nguyen Thi Hong, a Vietnamese national, applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against the Court of Appeal's dismissal of her non-refoulement judicial review time extension application. The Court found no question of great general or public importance and dismissed the notice of motion.

What was the outcome in Nguyen Thi Hong v Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 358?

The Court of Appeal held that leave to appeal is refused and the Notice of Motion is dismissed. The application followed the applicant's earlier Court of First Instance proceedings in the same matter, [2024] HKCFI 1456 and [2024] HKCFI 2043.