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Criminal law HKSAR v. WARD DANIEL SCOTT

HKSAR v. WARD DANIEL SCOTT

Court
Court of First Instance
Case number
HCMA625/2007

High Court appeal in a wounding case allowed after the magistrate failed to resolve key factual conflicts on provocation and self-defence, making the conviction unsafe.

  • Wounding (s.19 cap.212)
  • Self-defence
  • Provocation
  • Mens rea
  • Unsafe conviction
  • Retrial
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