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Summary judgment was refused in a family dispute over alleged duress and undue influence, because the documents and recordings left genuine factual issues for trial.
Leave to appeal against conviction for trafficking ketamine was refused. The Court held the judge adequately dealt with improper cross-examination and no lies direction was required.
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal rejected a challenge to jury directions in a ketamine trafficking case, holding the summing-up did not reverse the burden of proof.
The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against a conviction for trafficking cocaine, finding the trial judge’s possession and trafficking findings were not arguable.
The District Court held the first HK$2 million payment was a personal loan, but refused summary judgment because the 2nd and 3rd loans raised triable issues on legality.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a conviction appeal in a drug case, holding that simultaneous interpretation for jurors did not create unfairness or a material irregularity.
The court held that prior pleadings and admissions could be relied on as historical facts, and refused to strike out the challenged factual averments.
The court held that Bo Wo Temple was a public charitable trust and that D1 and D2 held Flat 10C on bare trust for it, ordering transfer, possession, and mesne profits.
The Court of Appeal held the alleged admission was unequivocal in context, but trafficking was not made out on a controlled delivery. The conviction was substituted with attempted trafficking.
The High Court allowed a magistracy appeal against a conviction for possessing another person’s identity card, holding the conviction was unsafe and quashing it.
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