15 Aug 2002
HKSAR v. LEE SHU WING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LEE SHU WING
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC223/2002
In wholly exceptional circumstances — specifically terminal illness coupled with administrative delay that deprived the prisoner of timely executive consideration — the court will grant leave out of time and reduce a valid sentence to enable immediate release on humanitarian grounds despite the sentence being lawfully imposed.