23 Sept 2013
HKSAR v. WONG CHI WAI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WONG CHI WAI
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC10/2012
Conviction quashed: although objectively the intended evidence was not covered by legal professional privilege, there was an arguable basis for the appellant to believe an implied retainer and privilege existed; causing letters to a prosecution witness to press her to raise a privilege application did not, on the proved facts, have the requisite tendency to impair the court's capacity to administer justice and therefore did not constitute the offence of attempting to pervert the course of justice.