27 Apr 2018
HKSAR v. WALSH KENT ANDREW
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 921
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCC368/2015
The application for a certificate was refused because the issue had become academic after the prosecution offered no evidence and the accused was acquitted; mootness is a strong factor against granting a certificate and the court will only exercise its discretion to hear academic appeals where a sufficiently great public interest justifies doing so.