Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Public access to justice

Legal area

Court

4 Jun 2022

SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. TANG LIN LING

Citation

[2022] HKCFI 2471
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2917/2015

The respondent's deliberate acts of taking three photographs inside Court 28, corroborated by eyewitnesses and timestamps on photographs, established the actus reus and a basic mens rea sufficient for criminal contempt because the conduct was deliberate, inherently likely to prejudice the administration of justice and in fact caused disruption; therefore conviction for criminal contempt was warranted.
4 Jun 2022

SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. TANG LIN LING

Citation

[2022] HKCFI 2471
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2931/2015

The respondent intentionally took three photographs inside the courtroom; for this form of contempt a basic intent to perform the act together with the act itself suffices where the conduct is inherently likely to prejudice the administration of justice; the acts here did in fact interrupt proceedings and consume court resources, therefore the respondent is guilty of criminal contempt.