Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Procedural error

Legal area

Court

14 Jun 2019

RE MOHAMMED FAHEEM

Citation

[2019] HKCA 653
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV356/2018

The application for leave to appeal was dismissed because the applicant failed to identify any question of great general or public importance under s22(1)(b) Cap 484 and the intended appeal was not reasonably arguable; the alleged clerical error did not affect the outcome and did not justify leave.
5 Dec 1980

NG YIN HAN v. THE QUEEN

Citation

NG YIN HAN v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC903/1980

Quashed conviction: although the appellant practised a deception by using another's identity card, there was no evidence the deception operated to obtain a pecuniary advantage because she was already lawfully eligible for the job; a conviction unsupported by the facts is a nullity, so the conviction and sentence were set aside.