Legal aid appeals for JR of the TCAB’s decisions

Carissa Tsang made this Freedom of Information request to Legal Aid Department

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Dear Legal Aid Department,

I would be grateful if you could provide the following data.

(1) A quarterly breakdown for the number of legal aid applications for judicial review of Torture Claims Appeal Board (TCAB) decisions received from Q1 2014 - Q3 2020.

(2) A quarterly breakdown for the number of legal aid applications for judicial review of TCAB decisions which were granted from Q1 2014 - Q3 2020.

(3) A quarterly breakdown for the number of legal aid applications for judicial review of TCAB decisions which were refused from Q1 2014 - Q3 2020.

Yours faithfully,

Carissa Tsang

Legal Aid Department

Dear Ms Tsang,

               We write to acknowledge receipt of your Data Access Request
dated 6.10.2020.  We shall give you a reply in due course.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Kristy LAM
for Director of Legal Aid

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From:        Carissa Tsang <[FOI #514 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Legal Aid Department <[Legal Aid Department request email]>
Date:        06/10/2020 12:47
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Legal aid appeals for JR
of the TCAB’s decisions

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Dear Legal Aid Department,

I would be grateful if you could provide the following data.

(1) A quarterly breakdown for the number of legal aid applications for
judicial review of Torture Claims Appeal Board (TCAB) decisions received
from Q1 2014 - Q3 2020.

(2) A quarterly breakdown for the number of legal aid applications for
judicial review of TCAB decisions which were granted from Q1 2014 - Q3
2020.

(3) A quarterly breakdown for the number of legal aid applications for
judicial review of TCAB decisions which were refused from Q1 2014 - Q3
2020.

Yours faithfully,

Carissa Tsang

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Dear Ms Tsang,

        Regarding your data access request, please refer to the attachment
for our reply.

 
Yours sincerely,
Ms Kristy LAM
for Director of Legal Aid

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From:        LADINFO/LAD/HKSARG
To:        [FOI #514 email]
Date:        07/10/2020 09:39
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Legal aid appeals for JR
of the TCAB’s decisions

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Dear Ms Tsang,

               We write to acknowledge receipt of your Data Access Request
dated 6.10.2020.  We shall give you a reply in due course.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Kristy LAM
for Director of Legal Aid

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From:        Carissa Tsang <[FOI #514 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Legal Aid Department <[Legal Aid Department request email]>
Date:        06/10/2020 12:47
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Legal aid appeals for JR
of the TCAB’s decisions

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Dear Legal Aid Department,

I would be grateful if you could provide the following data.

(1) A quarterly breakdown for the number of legal aid applications for
judicial review of Torture Claims Appeal Board (TCAB) decisions received
from Q1 2014 - Q3 2020.

(2) A quarterly breakdown for the number of legal aid applications for
judicial review of TCAB decisions which were granted from Q1 2014 - Q3
2020.

(3) A quarterly breakdown for the number of legal aid applications for
judicial review of TCAB decisions which were refused from Q1 2014 - Q3
2020.

Yours faithfully,

Carissa Tsang

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Dear Legal Aid Department,

Thank you for your response.

Could you please kindly clarify the reason behind the differences in data for Q1 2018 - Q1 2019 in your August 2019 response, attached below.

https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/390/res...

Yours faithfully,
Carissa Tsang

Legal Aid Department

Dear Ms Tsang,

               We write to acknowledge receipt of your email dated
21.10.2020.  We shall give you a reply in due course.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Kristy LAM
for Director of Legal Aid

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From:        Carissa Tsang <[FOI #514 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Legal Aid Department <[Legal Aid Department request email]>
Date:        21/10/2020 11:57
Subject:        Re: Freedom of Information request - Legal aid appeals for
JR of the TCAB’s decisions

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Dear Legal Aid Department,

Thank you for your response.

Could you please kindly clarify the reason behind the differences in data
for Q1 2018 - Q1 2019 in your August 2019 response, attached below.

[1]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/390/res...

Yours faithfully,
Carissa Tsang

-----Original Message-----

Dear Ms Tsang,

        Regarding your data access request, please refer to the attachment
for our reply.

 
Yours sincerely,
Ms Kristy LAM
for Director of Legal Aid

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Dear Ms Tsang,

        Regarding your email dated 21.10.2020, please refer to the
attachment for our reply.

 
Yours sincerely,
Ms Kristy LAM
for Director of Legal Aid

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From:        LADINFO/LAD/HKSARG
To:        [FOI #514 email]
Date:        21/10/2020 12:40
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Legal aid appeals for JR
of the TCAB’s decisions

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Dear Ms Tsang,

               We write to acknowledge receipt of your email dated
21.10.2020.  We shall give you a reply in due course.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Kristy LAM
for Director of Legal Aid

----- Forwarded by LADINFO/LAD/HKSARG on 21/10/2020 12:04 -----

From:        Carissa Tsang <[FOI #514 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Legal Aid Department <[Legal Aid Department request email]>
Date:        21/10/2020 11:57
Subject:        Re: Freedom of Information request - Legal aid appeals for
JR of the TCAB’s decisions

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Dear Legal Aid Department,

Thank you for your response.

Could you please kindly clarify the reason behind the differences in data
for Q1 2018 - Q1 2019 in your August 2019 response, attached below.

[1]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/390/res...

Yours faithfully,
Carissa Tsang

-----Original Message-----

Dear Ms Tsang,

        Regarding your data access request, please refer to the attachment
for our reply.

 
Yours sincerely,
Ms Kristy LAM
for Director of Legal Aid

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