香港特別行政區 訴 劉夢熊

香港特別行政區 訴 劉夢熊

The Court held that the trial judge correctly found the applicant's emails and letters bore a clear tendency to and were intended to induce the Chief Executive and/or the ICAC Commissioner to stop or influence an ICAC investigation, thereby constituting the offence of attempting to pervert the course of public...

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Citation
[2018] HKCA 116
Parties
Applicant: 劉夢熊 (Lew Mon Hung); Respondent: 香港特別行政區 (HKSAR)
Court
Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Judgment Date
2 March 2018
Case Number
CACC66/2016
Procedural Posture
Criminal — Application for Leave to Appeal Against Conviction / Appeal Court Decision on Leave to Appeal (permission Refused)
Outcome
Application for leave to appeal against conviction refused; conviction and sentence affirmed
Legal Topics
Attempt to Pervert the Course of Public Justice, Disclosure Obligations (prosecution Disclosure), ICAC Investigatory Powers and Oversight, Separation of Powers and Executive Discretion, Judicial Review / Procedural Fairness
Source Language
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Criminal Law Administrative Law Constitutional Law Procedure Attempt to Pervert the Course of Public Justice Disclosure Obligations (prosecution Disclosure) ICAC Investigatory Powers and Oversight Separation of Powers and Executive Discretion +1 more

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Parties

劉夢熊 (Lew Mon Hung)

Applicant

香港特別行政區 (HKSAR)

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal — Application for Leave to Appeal Against Conviction / Appeal Court Decision on Leave to Appeal (permission Refused)

  1. 1 Whether prosecution fulfilled disclosure obligations as required by law
  2. 2 Whether the applicant's emails and letters had a tendency to pervert the course of public justice
  3. 3 Whether the Chief Executive or the ICAC Commissioner had power to terminate or influence ICAC investigations

Ratio Decidendi

The Court held that the trial judge correctly found the applicant's emails and letters bore a clear tendency to and were intended to induce the Chief Executive and/or the ICAC Commissioner to stop or influence an ICAC investigation, thereby constituting the offence of attempting to pervert the course of public justice; the trial judge did not err on disclosure issues; the statutory and common law framework establishes that both the Chief Executive and the ICAC Commissioner have discretion to terminate investigations subject to legal restraints and oversight, and the advisory committee lacks standalone legal power to terminate investigations; accordingly leave to appeal was refused and the...

Court Disposition

Application for leave to appeal against conviction refused; conviction and sentence affirmed

Orders

  • Leave to appeal refused
  • Conviction for attempting to pervert the course of public justice upheld