Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration
On 30 September 2011, Justice Johnson Lam of the Court of First Instance of the High Court (CFI) ruled in Vallejos' case that existing legislation restricting FDHs from qualifying for permanent residence contravened the Hong Kong Basic Law. Lam also found that Vallejos and Domingo, but not the three other applicants, had fulfilled the condition of taking Hong Kong as their only permanent home and being ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for seven years. The Court of Appeal of the High Court overturned the CFI's decision on Vallejos' case on 28 March 2012. Vallejos and Domingo then jointly appealed to the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), which heard their case on 26–28 February 2013; the CFA rejected their appeal on 25 March 2013.
Susana Barreiros
On 1 March 2003, she entered the roster of the Judicial Branch. On 12 August 2010, the Judicial Commission designated Barreiros as the substitute of Judge María Lourdes Afiuni, imprisoned after delivering an independent sentence in favor of indicted businessman Eligio Cedeño, ending in charge of the First Instance of the Criminal Judicial Circuit of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas. In 2012, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice names her as antiterrorist judge along with lawyer Alí Fabricio Paredes. However, her partner is dismissed after sentencing in favor of drug trafficker Walid Makled. On 6 May 2015, she graduated as magister in criminal law from the Universidad Santa María. On 10 July 2015, she was included as alternate judge to cover vacant positions due to rest permissions, vacations, inhibitions and recusations of the Court of Appeals of the Criminal Judicial Circuit of the Judicial Circumscription of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas.