THING SUNIL V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE AND ANOTHER
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Case Significance
THING SUNIL V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE AND ANOTHER [2025] HKCFI 4366 was decided by the Court of First Instance on 19 September 2025. The applicant sought leave to apply for judicial review of decisions by the Director of Immigration and the Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office refusing his non-refoulement claim, with the delay in filing identified as a central issue; the court adjourned to allow him to file documents explaining the delay, but none were produced. Finding the application late without an acceptable explanation and lacking merit, the Court of First Instance dismissed the application for leave to apply for judicial review.
The decision has since been cited in later Court of First Instance judgments, including YEBOAH JOHN MARTIN V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [2026] HKCFI 1032 and AHMAD TANVEER V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [2026] HKCFI 1108.
Why was the judicial review application dismissed in Thing Sunil ([2025] HKCFI 4366)?
In THING SUNIL V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE AND ANOTHER [2025] HKCFI 4366, the Court of First Instance dismissed the leave application because it was filed late without an acceptable explanation for the delay and was found to lack merit.
Did the applicant explain the delay in Thing Sunil ([2025] HKCFI 4366)?
No. The court in THING SUNIL V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE AND ANOTHER [2025] HKCFI 4366 adjourned to let him file documents explaining the delay in his non-refoulement judicial review claim, but none were produced before the hearing.
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HKLII records this judgment as cited by 23 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.
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