Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Admissibility of guilty plea

Legal area

Court

16 Aug 2021

CHAN TSZ ON v. MA CHI SHING AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2021] HKDC 938
Court

District Court
Case number

DCPI2275/2017

1st defendant negligent by cutting into plaintiff's lane without adequate check; 2nd defendant found vicariously liable because evidence established an employment relationship; plaintiff found 50% contributorily negligent for driving at an excessive speed for the circumstances; damages assessed on reduced figures resulting in total award of HK$97,685 plus directed interest and costs order nisi.
26 Jun 2020

HKSAR v. WONG CHUN YAU

Citation

[2020] HKCA 519
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC118/2019

Leave to appeal and an Appeal Aid Certificate were granted because there were reasonably arguable issues: the judge’s substitution of ‘joint possession’ for joint enterprise may have been effectively the same as joint enterprise without sufficient evidential basis; the admitted facts as to Mok’s guilty plea were bare and did not establish timing or transfer of possession; and the jury directions may have been inadequate to permit a safe verdict on joint or successive possession.