Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Admissibility of self-serving statements

Legal area

Court

25 Jan 2016

HKSAR v. CHAN CHUN CHUEN

Citation

HKSAR v. CHAN CHUN CHUEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC233/2013

The Court refused to certify points of law of great and general importance because each question raised involved the application of settled legal principles to the particular facts of this case, the necessary evidence to engage those principles was absent or not placed before the Court, and the applicant had elected not to pursue certain grounds; accordingly no novel or general point of law warranting certification under s.32(2) Cap.484 was made out.
24 Jan 1980

CHENG CHIU v. THE QUEEN

Citation

CHENG CHIU v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC180/1979

The judge correctly excluded the appellant's cautioned written statement because it was a self-serving statement not amounting to an admission and thus not admissible as proof of its truth; section 65C cannot be used to admit material that is otherwise inadmissible; the prosecution evidence pointed overwhelmingly to robbery so the excluded statement would not have affected the verdict; accordingly leave to appeal was refused and conviction upheld.