15 Jul 2011
VIVIEN FAN AND OTHERS v. HKSAR
- Citation
- VIVIEN FAN AND OTHERS v. HKSAR
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC12/2010
The convictions on the conspiracy charges were quashed because the co‑conspirators rule had been misused at trial: the trial judge admitted and relied on documents under that rule without identifying them or laying the necessary independent foundation, rendering the trials unfair; the proviso could not properly be applied because conviction was not inevitable on the evidence that would properly have been before a tribunal; additionally, the Court of Appeal failed to re‑examine Mr Koo's false statement conviction in light of the quashing of his related conspiracy conviction, so that conviction…