Edmond v. D.S. Fernando – SLR – 407, Vol 1 of 1995 – sllr 1995 volume 1 page 407

In the case between the present owner of the premises (appellant) and the tenant who originally applied to purchase the premises (respondent), the court addressed whether the Board of Review’s decision approving the tenant’s purchase was immune from judicial review under Section 39(3) of the Ceiling on Housing Property Law, read with Section 22 of the Interpretation Ordinance, and if the Court of Appeal erred in declining to issue a Writ of Certiorari. The court held that the Board’s determination was final and could not be questioned by any court, even where allegations of legal error or failure to consider equity were raised. This reaffirmed the principle that explicit statutory bars on judicial review, as enacted by the legislature, prevail unless there is a breach of a mandatory legal