Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Authentication of documentary evidence

Legal area

Court

4 Nov 2016

NOBLE FIELD OVERSEAS LTD v. UNITED BEST DEVELOPMENTS LTD AND ANOTHER

Citation

NOBLE FIELD OVERSEAS LTD v. UNITED BEST DEVELOPMENTS LTD AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1549/2013

The court's determination turned on the insufficiency and lack of proper authentication of the photocopied documents tendered to prove PRC permission to visit Hong Kong; because the plaintiff failed to adduce adequate authenticated evidence of the required permission the court decided the relevant issues on that basis.
21 Oct 2002

TONG PUN CHUNG AND OTHERS v. TOP EXPRESS ENGINEERING LTD

Citation

TONG PUN CHUNG AND OTHERS v. TOP EXPRESS ENGINEERING LTD
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCLA71/2002

The application for leave to appeal was dismissed because the Presiding Officer's findings were adequate and supported by the evidence, his investigation into the authenticity of documents fell within permissible discretion and there was no real prospect of success on the proposed points of law; accordingly the stay of execution was lifted and claimants may apply to withdraw their awards from funds paid into court.
20 Sept 1991

THE QUEEN v. CHUI KAU AND OTHERS

Citation

THE QUEEN v. CHUI KAU AND OTHERS
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC500/1990

The Court refused leave to appeal convictions because the trial judge's acceptance of the victims' evidence was supported by police corroboration and the purported confession letter was unsatisfactorily proven and unreliable; but the Court allowed the 2nd applicant's sentence appeal, finding the two‑year sentence unjustifiably disparate given the circumstances and antecedents, and substituted concurrent one‑year imprisonment terms.

Hong Kong Case Law

NOBLE FIELD OVERSEAS LTD v. UNITED BEST DEVELOPMENTS LTD AND ANOTHER

TONG PUN CHUNG AND OTHERS v. TOP EXPRESS ENGINEERING LTD

THE QUEEN v. CHUI KAU AND OTHERS