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Criminal law HKSAR v. LAM WAN MAN, JANET

HKSAR v. LAM WAN MAN, JANET

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
CACC52/2014

The Court of Appeal refused to treat the applicant’s abandonment of her leave-to-appeal application as a nullity. It also held the 11-year aggregate sentence was not manifestly excessive.

  • Abandonment of appeal
  • Nullity of act
  • Leave to appeal against sentence
  • Concurrent versus consecutive sentences
  • Totality principle
  • Manifestly excessive sentence
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Criminal law HKSAR v. CHEUNG HOI LAM

HKSAR v. CHEUNG HOI LAM

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
CACC389/2004

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application to treat the abandonment of an appeal as a nullity, finding no evidence the applicant lacked understanding when he filed Form VII.

  • Abandonment of appeal
  • Restoration of appeal
  • Mental incapacity at time of procedural act
  • Nullity of act
  • Sentence excessive (original ground of appeal)
  • Abandonment-of-appeal
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