24 May 2021
HKSAR v. LAI WUN YIN
- Citation
- [2021] HKCA 566
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC18/2020
Leave to appeal was granted only on the narrow ground that the fairness of the prosecution's cross-examination of the defence handwriting expert was reasonably arguable; all other grounds were not reasonably arguable because the bank officer's evidence was properly characterised as describing bank procedures rather than offering expert handwriting comparison, the inadvertent jury access to unused documents was cured by directions, the quoted passage in closing was minor, and the totality of evidence provided a sufficient basis for the jury's verdict such that the conviction was not shown to b…