TAMANG SHUSHMA V. PIZZAEXPRESS (HONG KONG) LTD

[2025] HKCA 803 Court of Appeal 2 September 2025 • CAMP174/2024 • 27 min read
11 cases cited (0 SG, 11 foreign)

Practice Areas

District Court Ordinance Rules of the High Court

Judges (2)

Anthony Chan Coram G Lam Coram

Counsel (5)

Lee & So Firm Zhong Lung Law Firm LLP Firm Kamlesh Sadhwani Counsel Plaintiff Raymond Leung Counsel Defendant Vanessa Kwok Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

Pizzaexpress (Hong Kong) Limited Defendant Tamang Shushma Plaintiff

Summary

Lai Thi An, a Vietnamese national, appealed against the refusal of leave to judicially review the Torture Claims Appeal Board's dismissal of her non-refoulement claim. The Court found no errors in the Judge's assessment. The appeal was dismissed.

Statutes Cited

District Court Ordinance (Cap 336)
s 63A(2)
Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A)

Cases Cited (11)

UK (1)
[1953] AC 180
HK (10)
(2001) 4 HKCFAR 289 (2002) 5 HKCFAR 336 [2002] 1 HKLRD 279 [2015] 5 HKC 22 [2023] 2 HKLRD 164 [2023] HKCA 105 [2023] HKCA 185 [2023] HKCA 749 [2023] HKDC 1328 [2024] HKDC 1377

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 803)