Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Conduct of trial counsel

Legal area

Court

14 Aug 2024

HKSAR v. AHMED SHAHNWAZ

Citation

[2024] HKCA 757
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC56/2021

Extension of time to advance the new ground was refused because the applicant failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for the delay and sought to circumvent appellate procedure; alternatively, the new ground was dismissed on its merits as not reasonably arguable because the references to Lai Chi Kok and remand in the affirmation were insignificant in context, were not relied on by counsel or the judge, and defence counsel made tactical choices at trial that undermined any claim of material prejudice.
25 Oct 2019

HKSAR v. WONG CHO SHING AND OTHERS

Citation

[2019] HKCA 1204
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC38/2017

The Court declined to certify the four proposed questions as questions of law of great and general importance, holding that existing authority (R v Murphy; HKSAR v Lee Chi Fai; HKSAR v Yeung Ka Ho) correctly states that authenticity may be proved circumstantially and that in this case the trial judge's painstaking factual findings proved authenticity beyond reasonable doubt; complaints about non‑production of originals involved tactical choices by trial counsel and did not raise novel points of law.