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.
Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant
Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (born 15 July 1966) is a Brazilian jurist and International law scholar. He is also a professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the founder of the International Law Center (CEDIN), in Belo Horizonte. Brant is one of the nominees for the International Criminal Court judges election, 2014.
Brant graduated from the UFMG School of Law in 1991. In the same year he obtained a diploma of advanced studies in Humam Rights at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights. In 1993 he obtained a master's degree in International law at UFMG with the thesis “The Right to Development as a Human Right". In 1993, Brant was qualified in advanced Studies in International Law, at The Hague Academy of International Law (HAIL). In 1996 and 1997, he obtained diplomas of Advanced Studies in Human Rights at the Institut International des Droits de L’Homme and Advanced Studies in United Nations Reforms at the United Nations Study Programme respectively.