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Hong Kong Case Law

Motor racing

  • 31 May 2018

    HKSAR v. KOK CHUN WAI CAMPION AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2018] HKCFI 1148
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA527/2016

    The trial magistrate's findings that the appellants were engaging in motor racing were supported by reliable witness evidence and video evidence showing high speed travel, close distances and purposeful lane changes; absent a clear demonstration that those findings were unreasonable or inconsistent, the appellate court will not overturn the convictions or the decision to impose immediate custodial sentences.

  • 14 Mar 2008

    HKSAR v. NG KA KIT AND OTHERS

    Citation
    HKSAR v. NG KA KIT AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA112/2008

    The appellate court upheld the magistrate's acceptance of the police officers' lay estimates of speed and distances as sufficiently reliable for conviction; the magistrate had regard to the s37(7) factors from the evidence and photographic material so specific recital was unnecessary; convictions for dangerous driving were safe and sentences for the 2nd–4th appellants were appropriate, but the 1st appellant's heavier disqualification and fine were reduced because the prior conviction underpinning the harsher sentence had been quashed.