LAU YAM v. DIRECTOR OF LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES AND ANOTHER [Decision on Leave Application]
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HCAL 2720/2025
[2026] HKCFI 861
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 2720 of 2025
BETWEEN | ||
| Lau Yam (劉嶔) | Applicant | |
| and | ||
| DIRECTOR OF LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES | 1st Putative Respondent | |
| THE HONG KONG FILM ARCHIVE | 2nd 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 senior counsel and counsel for the applicant and the principal government counsel and government counsel for the respondents in court;
Order by The Honourable Mr Justice Coleman :
1. Leave to apply for judicial review be granted;
2. A substantive hearing be fixed at 10:00am on 20 May 2026, with 1 day reserved.
Observations:
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Dated the 6th day of February 2026.
| (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
| Notesfor 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 6/2/2026 Messrs.Nasirs Solicitors for the Applicant Ref.: L817.1.2026.ABN | Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 6/2/2026 Department of Justice For the 1st and 2nd Putative Respondents Ref.: HCAL 2720/2025 |
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