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  • 11 May 2026

    香港特別行政區 訴 蔣曉風

    Citation
    [2026] HKCFI 2659
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA253/2025

    On the rehearing of all evidence including repeated viewing of dashcam P1 and witness oral evidence, the court was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that at 16:05:26 the appellant suddenly moved into the left‑three lane at close distance while the complainant had priority and showed no sign of yielding; that conduct lacked the required care and attention and constituted careless driving; the magistrate's credibility findings were supported by objective P1 evidence; the sentence of a fine HK$1,800 was within appropriate range given the circumstances and not manifestly excessive.

  • 18 Jun 2024

    香港特別行政區 訴 陳惠嫻

    Citation
    [2024] HKCFI 1606
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA391/2022

    The convictions were unsafe because the magistrate unfairly and inconsistently discredited key defence witnesses and failed to adequately assess inherent improbabilities and viable alternative explanations (including that the appellant believed she was authorised or invited to distribute the items); as a result the prosecution did not prove dishonesty beyond reasonable doubt and the appeal succeeds.

  • 10 Sept 2020

    HKSAR v. SAN JUAN, NELSON ORO

    Citation
    [2020] HKCFI 2293
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA49/2018

    Magistrate materially misapprehended and mixed up key evidence; the video primarily showed reflections and did not establish deliberate targeting of the complainant beyond reasonable doubt; PW2's evidence was inconsistent and unreliable; prosecution failed to exclude accidental activation of the video; on rehearing the conviction was unsafe and therefore quashed.

  • 27 Feb 2017

    HKSAR v. KRUGER PAUL ANTHONY

    Citation
    HKSAR v. KRUGER PAUL ANTHONY
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA165/2016

    Although the magistrate initially framed the issue as whether the appellant chose the 'safest' option, on rehearing the court applied the correct legal test and concluded on the evidence that a reasonably prudent cyclist would have applied emergency braking (response time ~0.9s, stopping within ~10m at 40 km/h) and that steering right to pass closely behind the pedestrian was an unnecessary risk failing to account for foreseeable shock reactions; therefore guilt was proven beyond reasonable doubt and the conviction stands.

  • 8 Jan 2010

    HKSAR v. KWONG CHING WAI AND OTHERS

    Citation
    HKSAR v. KWONG CHING WAI AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA154/2009

    On rehearing the court accepted PW1's credibility and medical consistency, held that self‑defence was disproved beyond reasonable doubt as to the subsequent beating and wounding after PW1 was disarmed, limited the sustainable conviction to the wounding inflicted after the knife was taken, and found D3 culpable under joint enterprise for restraining PW2 to enable the attack.

  • 25 Jun 2009

    HKSAR v. CHAN MING LOK

    Citation
    HKSAR v. CHAN MING LOK
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA225/2009

    Although the magistrate may have risked relying on the questionable category "suitable for causing injury", the appellant's admissions that he carried the knife for self‑defence supported an inference of intention to use it as a weapon; in the absence of imminent danger there was no lawful authority or reasonable excuse, so conviction was properly maintained; sentence was excessive and reduced from 6 to 4 months given mitigating features.