28 Oct 2008
HKSAR v. LAI KAM WAI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LAI KAM WAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA538/2008
A magistrate's failure to give oral reasons at the time of conviction does not automatically vitiate the conviction; where the conviction was pronounced publicly, counsel declined immediate salient reasons, a signed statement of findings is provided under s.114(b), and on rehearing the evidence is uncontradicted and the magistrate's credibility findings sustainable, the conviction is safe and the appeal must be dismissed.