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Application for Access to Information Mr Scott Edmunds
30/06/2017 18:39
From:
SB-TCAB/SB/HKSARG
To:
[email protected],
Dear Mr Edmunds,
I refer to your email dated 12 June 2017 requesting for provision of further
information on the appeals/petitions filed with the Torture Claims Appeal
Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office ("the Board"). Our reply is given
below, please -
(1)
The number of decisions of the Board challenged via judicial review
applications lodged to the High Court
Rule 3(2) of Order 53 of the Rules of the High Court, Cap. 4A, stipulates that
an application for leave for judicial review must be made
ex-parte . The Board
is generally not privy to the process. As such, we do not have information on
the number of decisions of the Board challenged via judicial review
applications.
(2)
The number of appeals for which the appellant is not legally represented at the
Board
Upon receipt of the notice of decision issued by the Director of Immigration, the
duty lawyer would assess and decide whether legal assistance should be
provided to his/her claimant during the appeal/petition proceedings. At
present, about 9% of the appellants/petitioners are legally represented.
(3)
The number of appeals for which there is no representative from the Director of
Immigration present at the hearing
According to our record as at 25 June 2017, about 55% of the
appeals/petitions for which the attendance of the Director of Immigration’s
representative at the hearings held may be excused.
Regarding item 4 of your email requesting information of each Board Member, we
do not have such information or a breakdown by individual Board Members as
requested.
Yours sincerely,
Theresa Lee
for Secretary for Security