LE VAN TUAN V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

[2026] HKCA 549 Court of Appeal 30 March 2026 • CACV180/2025 • 4 min read

4 cases cited (0 HK, 4 foreign)

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

we dismissed the appeal with reasons to be handed down, what we do now.

Source: [2026] HKCA 549, Court of Appeal, decided 30 March 2026. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Ng Coram Poon Coram

Parties (3)

Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office Putative Respondent Le van Tuan Applicant

Case Significance

Le Van Tuan v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 549 is a Court of Appeal decision dated 30 March 2026, following on from the first-instance decision in Le Van Tuan v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCFI 850. The Court of Appeal's holding states: "we dismissed the appeal with reasons to be handed down, what we do now." The judgment also refers to earlier Court of Appeal decisions in [2018] HKCA 524, [2019] HKCA 1022, and [2022] HKCA 627.

What was the outcome in Le Van Tuan v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 549?

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in Le Van Tuan v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2026] HKCA 549, a decision dated 30 March 2026 arising from the earlier non-refoulement claim proceedings in [2025] HKCFI 850.