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.
Romeo Callejo Sr.
Callejo Sr. was appointed as a Manila trial court judge in 1986, and was promoted to the Court of Appeals in 1994. He was serving in the Court of Appeals upon his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2002. An expert in the fields of criminal law and procedural law, Callejo Sr. also taught these subjects in various law schools in Manila, including his alma mater San Beda College.