CHEN YIYI a minor, by her next friend and father, CHEN HAIMENG AND OTHERS v. SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION [Decision on Leave Application]
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HCAL 2434/2025
[2025] HKCFI 6156
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 2434 of 2025
BETWEEN | ||
| CHEN YIYI a minor, by her next friend and father, CHEN HAIMENG | 1st Applicant | |
| CHENG JINGHAO a minor, by his next friend and mother, WANG DANDAN | 2nd Applicant | |
| WU YIFEI a minor, by her next friend and father, WU LESI | 3rd Applicant | |
| THE 4TH THROUGH 87TH APPLICANTS LISTED AT ANNEX 1 TO THE FORM 86 | 4th through 87th Applicants | |
| and | ||
| SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION | Putative Respondent | |
Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review
NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord. 53 r. 3)
Following:
consideration of the documents only; or consideration of the documents and oral submission by the applicant;
Order by The Honourable Mr Justice Coleman :
1. Leave to apply for judicial review is granted on the papers.
2. The parties are to liaise with a view to proposing jointly agreed directions to lead to a substantive hearing of the application for judicial review. A tight timetable and an early hearing are preferable. The parties are referred to paragraphs 8-13 of Practice Direction 26.1.
3. Liberty to apply.
4. All questions of costs are reserved.
Observations:
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Dated the 8th day of December 2025.
| (Alvin KWOK) for Registrar, High Court |
Where leave to apply has been granted, Applicants and their legal advisers are reminded of their obligation to reconsider the merits of their application in the light of the Respondent’s evidence
| Notes for the Applicant: If leave has been granted, the Applicant or his solicitors must: | ||||
| a) serve on the respondent and such interested parties as may be directed by the Court the order granting leave and any directions given within 14 days after the leave was granted (Order 53, rule 4A); b) issue the originating summons within 14 days after the grant of leave and serve it in accordance with Order 53, rule 5; and c) supply to every other party copies of every affidavit which the Applicant proposes to use at the hearing, including the affidavit in support of the application for leave (Order 53, rule 6(5)). | Sent/Handed to the Applicant/the Applicant’s solicitors on 8/12/2025 Messrs. DENTONS Solicitors for the Applicants Ref.: 1000122.00001/RK/HL/HCHL | Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 8/12/2025 Department of Justice For the Putative Respondent Ref.: HCAL 2434/25 |
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