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Hong Kong Case Law

Prejudice to accused

  • 20 Jan 2026

    香港特別行政區 訴 梁兆邦

    Citation
    [2026] HKDC 68
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCC313/2025

    The court found sufficient common factual origin and links (cohabitation, contemporaneous seizure of cash and valuables, account transfer history and economic disparity) between D1, D3 and D4 to treat their laundering offences as a related series; consolidation was allowed because any potential prejudice to D3 or D4 could be addressed by a professional judge separating consideration of evidence and counts, and severance would cause inefficiency and repetitive evidence without avoiding the evidential nexus.

  • 27 Oct 1988

    ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHAN PING KWAN

    Citation
    ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHAN PING KWAN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA839/1988

    The magistrate acted within his judicial discretion in refusing to stand the matter down and dismissing the charge because the prosecution failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for the witness's absence or to demonstrate that an adjournment would secure the witness; the exercise of discretion was not unreasonable and will not be disturbed on appeal.

  • 9 Dec 1987

    THE QUEEN v. LEE KA FAI

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. LEE KA FAI
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA843/1987

    The second charge did not fall within any statutory exception in s.10(2) permitting joint trial; trying the unconnected charges together created a real risk that evidence led on the second charge prejudiced the defence on the first, therefore the conviction on the assault charge was unsafe and must be quashed with the question of retrial to be addressed.