RE SHB

[2025] HKCA 71 Court of Appeal 27 January 2025 • CACV397/2024 • 5 min read

2 cases cited (0 HK, 2 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

the appeal is dismissed.

Source: [2025] HKCA 71, Court of Appeal, decided 27 January 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Cheng Coram Cheung Coram

Parties (1)

Shb Applicant

Case Significance

Re SHB [2025] HKCA 71 is a Court of Appeal decision dated 27 January 2025 in which the Court held that 'the appeal is dismissed.' The appeal followed SHB v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2024] HKCFI 2332 and referenced [2018] HKCA 451. The decision was later cited in Re SHB [2026] HKCA 561.

Summary

SHB (also known as MD Sydul Haque), a Bangladeshi national who had been in Hong Kong since 2001, appealed against the refusal of leave to judicially review the Torture Claims Appeal Board's dismissal of his non-refoulement claim. This was his second claim, the first having been dismissed in 2012. The Court found no errors in the Judge's decision and dismissed the appeal.

What was the outcome in Re SHB [2025] HKCA 71?

The Court of Appeal held that 'the appeal is dismissed,' in a non-refoulement matter following SHB v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2024] HKCFI 2332. The decision was subsequently cited in Re SHB [2026] HKCA 561.