21 Mar 2018
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. CHAN PAK SHAN
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFA 13
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMC55/2017
Leave to appeal was granted because it was reasonably arguable that the Court of Appeal departed from the core sentencing principle that offenders must be sentenced according to the guideline/tariff prevailing at the time of the offence, potentially causing substantial and grave injustice; leave was also granted for the 5th and 6th applicants on the distinct ground that the Court of Appeal may have failed properly to consider section 109A of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance; leave was refused on four certified questions because they were already answered in Secretary for Justice v Wong Chi Fu…