Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration
Throughout the rest of October and November, Lam heard arguments and delivered judgments in two further FDH residence cases, namely "Irene R. Domingo and Daniel L. Domingo v. Commissioner of Registration" (HCAL 127 and 128/2010) and "Josephine B. Gutierrez and Joseph James Gutierrez v. Commissioner of Registration" (HCAL 136 and 137/2010). Among those applicants, only Daniel Domingo was found to have satisfied the "ordinary residence" requirement entitling him to apply for permanent residence; Lam found that Domingo's wife Irene's period of ordinary residence was interrupted by a period of overstay in which she remained in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration. He separately ruled that Josephine Gutierrez had not taken positive steps to establish Hong Kong as her only place of permanent residence, meaning that she and her son Joseph James were not entitled to apply for permanent residence either.
Olga Sánchez Cordero
Born in Mexico City, Sánchez Cordero studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Sánchez Cordero was the first female notary public in Mexico City. She was appointed "Minister" (Associate Justice) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) by Ernesto Zedillo and confirmed by the Senate on 26 January 1995. She was the ninth woman to hold a seat on the SCJN. She left on 30 November 2015.