17 Nov 1990
THE QUEEN v. TAM CHUNG SHING AND OTHERS
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. TAM CHUNG SHING AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC405/1988
The appeals were allowed and convictions quashed because, on the totality of errors and circumstances, the convictions were unsafe: the trial judge's directions inadequately limited the jury's use of D3's out-of-court statement, his directions on lies were ambiguous and potentially misleading, and the admission of very similar previous convictions (which were subsequently quashed) was unduly prejudicial and rendered the trial unfair; a Kevin Brown direction was unnecessary in this case given that dishonesty was the essential element and the jury could consider cumulative circumstantial eviden…