RE MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN
Outcome
Appeal dismissedthe appeal is dismissed.
Source: [2025] HKCA 57, Court of Appeal, decided 9 January 2025. Read directly from the judgment.
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Case Significance
RE MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN [2025] HKCA 57 was decided by the Court of Appeal on 9 January 2025, following the first-instance decision in MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [2024] HKCFI 1352. The Court of Appeal held: 'the appeal is dismissed.'
Summary
Pakistani applicant Muhammad Hussain, who had been in Hong Kong since 1999 after overstaying a dependant visa, appealed the refusal of leave for judicial review of the Torture Claims Appeal Board's decision dismissing his non-refoulement claim. He had first made a torture claim in 2009. The Court of Appeal (Cheung and G Lam JJA) dismissed the appeal on the papers.
What was the outcome in RE MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN [2025] HKCA 57?
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding: 'the appeal is dismissed.' The matter arose from the earlier decision in MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [2024] HKCFI 1352, decided on 9 January 2025.
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Judgment
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Read on HKLIISource: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 57)