PACLIPAN NEIL OLIVER ONES V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

Case Significance

Paclipan Neil Oliver Ones v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCFI 403 was decided by the Court of First Instance on 22 January 2025. The applicant, a Filipino national, sought leave to apply for judicial review of a Torture Claims Appeal Board decision that had rejected his non-refoulement claim, made on the basis of a stated fear of a drug syndicate he had formerly worked for. The court found no error of law or procedural unfairness in the Board's or the Director's assessment, and no realistic prospect of success on judicial review; leave was refused. The matter continued as Paclipan Neil Oliver Ones v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCA 811, and was cited in later non-refoulement matters including Ali Imtiaz v. Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCFI 5319 and Bansal Manoj v. Director of Immigration and Another [2026] HKCFI 185.