13 Jan 2000
HKSAR v. CHOY PO LAN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHOY PO LAN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC543/1999
Leave out of time was considered but refused because the application lacked merit: contemporaneous psychiatric evidence identified the applicant as a dangerous schizophrenic with a high risk of reoffending and an uncertain prognosis, making the unspecified period hospital order under s45 appropriate; decisions on release are for the Mental Health Review Tribunal.