SORIANO RIZA ACOSTA V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

[2025] HKCA 784 Court of Appeal 27 August 2025 • CACV30/2025 • 9 min read
9 cases cited (0 SG, 9 foreign)

Practice Areas

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance Immigration Ordinance

Judges (2)

Cheng Coram G Lam Coram

Parties (3)

Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-Refoulement Claims Petition Office Putative Respondent Soriano Riza Acosta Applicant

Summary

Nguyen Van Thanh, a Vietnamese national, applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal after his non-refoulement appeal was dismissed. The applicant failed to identify mistakes in the judgment or questions of public importance. The notice of motion was dismissed.

Statutes Cited

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap 383)
s 8
Immigration Ordinance (Cap 115)

Cases Cited (9)

HK (9)
[2013] 1 HKC 526 [2018] HKCA 14 [2018] HKCA 15 [2018] HKCA 17 [2018] HKCA 524 [2018] HKCA 714 [2019] HKCA 1022 [2019] HKCA 50 [2025] HKCFI 134

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 784)