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Topic

Exculpatory statements

Legal area

Court

16 Aug 1989

THE QUEEN v. LIU YU-NGOR AND OTHERS

Citation

THE QUEEN v. LIU YU-NGOR AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA333/1989

The magistrate wrongly excluded relevant and admissible exculpatory statements sought to be adduced via cross-examination; exclusion of that evidence rendered the convictions unsafe and the appeals must be allowed.
11 May 1973

YAU CHUNG KEE v. THE QUEEN

Citation

YAU CHUNG KEE v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC103/1973

The judgment of the Full Court as read was affirmed; although Huggins J. recorded grave doubts about treating exculpatory parts of extra-judicial statements as substantive evidence beyond negating admissions, he did not dissent from the Court's decision endorsing the approach adopted in the leading judgment.