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Evidence and prejudice

  • 25 Sept 2025

    香港特別行政區 訴 汪洋

    Citation
    [2025] HKDC 1454
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCC629/2025

    The court held there was a sufficient nexus among the three money‑laundering charges (overlapping timeframes, accounts held/operated by the defendant, similar laundering features, interlinked sequence of events and arrests, and common relevance of defendant's knowledge and conduct) and that consolidation would avoid duplication without causing unfair prejudice because each count will be considered separately; accordingly consolidation was granted under Cap.221 s18(1) and Cap.221C r7.

  • 23 Dec 2013

    曾來發 對 新福港營造有限公司（前名孫福記）

    Citation
    曾來發 對 新福港營造有限公司（前名孫福記）
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI412/2012

    The appeal is dismissed because the plaintiff failed to show continuous incapacity or any other sufficient reason to justify a 21‑year delay; having considered the s30 factors the court concluded it would be unfair and prejudicial to the defendant to allow the claim after such delay given the loss of evidence and inability to identify or contact witnesses, and therefore the registrar's order striking out the claim for being time‑barred is upheld.