RE DIMALANTA SALOME LUPOS
Outcome
Appeal dismissedthe appeal is dismissed.
Source: [2025] HKCA 56, Court of Appeal, decided 9 January 2025. Read directly from the judgment.
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Case Significance
RE DIMALANTA SALOME LUPOS [2025] HKCA 56 was decided by the Court of Appeal on 9 January 2025, following the first-instance decision in DIMALANTA SALOME LUPOS V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [2024] HKCFI 1411. The Court of Appeal held: 'the appeal is dismissed.'
Summary
Filipino applicant Dimalanta Salome Lupos, a former domestic helper who overstayed, appealed the refusal of leave for judicial review of the Torture Claims Appeal Board's decision rejecting her non-refoulement claim. She had been arrested after overstaying. The Court of Appeal (Cheung and G Lam JJA) dismissed the appeal on the papers.
What did the Court of Appeal decide in RE DIMALANTA SALOME LUPOS [2025] HKCA 56?
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding: 'the appeal is dismissed.' The matter followed the first-instance ruling in DIMALANTA SALOME LUPOS V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE [2024] HKCFI 1411.
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Judgment
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Read on HKLIISource: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 56)