Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Conspiracy to offer/accept advantages

Legal area

Court

15 Mar 2024

香港特別行政區訴李永輝

Citation

[2024] HKDC 652
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCC585/2023

The court granted consolidation of DCCC 582, 584 and 585 because those files share sufficient factual and evidential nexus (including identical charges between 582(1) and 584(1), identical charges between 584(4) and 585(4), substantial overlap through the subcontractor 卡樂工程有限公司 and numerous common prosecution witnesses) so joinder would avoid duplication without prejudicing fairness; DCCC 583 lacks sufficient connection to the other three files (different project, contractors, persons, time periods and methods) and consolidation would unfairly prejudice 583's defendants, therefore 583 must be…
15 Mar 2024

香港特別行政區訴李永輝

Citation

[2024] HKDC 652
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCC584/2023

The court granted consolidation of DCCC582, DCCC584 and DCCC585 because those indictments had sufficient factual and evidential nexus (including identical charges and common involvement of 卡樂工程有限公司 and substantial overlap of prosecution witnesses), and consolidation would not cause unfair prejudice to the defendants; DCCC583 was ordered to be tried separately because its sole conspiracy charge lacked sufficient connection to the other three indictments and consolidation would cause unacceptable prejudice and disproportionate delay to the defendants in that indictment.
11 Jan 2000

LAW HAY CHUNG AND ANOTHER v. HKSAR

Citation

LAW HAY CHUNG AND ANOTHER v. HKSAR
Court

Court of Final Appeal
Case number

FAMC33/1999

Section 60 CPO removes any mandatory rule requiring corroboration or warnings; the District Judge was not obliged to seek technical corroboration, legitimately treated accomplice evidence with caution, found it credible and supported by confirmatory details, and the Court of Appeal correctly interpreted his Reasons; accordingly leave to appeal out of time is refused and the applications are dismissed.
15 Nov 1999

HKSAR v. LAW HAY CHUNG AND OTHERS

Citation

HKSAR v. LAW HAY CHUNG AND OTHERS
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC628/1998

Section 60 removed the old mandatory corroboration direction; the trial judge properly exercised discretion in assessing accomplice testimony, sought independent supportive evidence where available, correctly admitted post-arrest conduct as probative of knowledge/participation against A1 and A2, and the totality of direct and circumstantial evidence (banking records, cash transfers, seized items, videotape and consistent accomplice testimony) proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt; convictions are safe.

Hong Kong Case Law

香港特別行政區 訴 李永輝

香港特別行政區 訴 李永輝

LAW HAY CHUNG AND ANOTHER v. HKSAR

HKSAR v. LAW HAY CHUNG AND OTHERS

香港特別行政區訴李永輝

香港特別行政區訴李永輝