23 Dec 2004
CHUNG WING YIM v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
- Citation
- CHUNG WING YIM v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL96/2003
The court dismissed the judicial review. It held the SPO had considered the mitigating letters and imposed awards within his discretionary range; the FDO had read the record and related papers and, in his role as confirmation officer, was entitled to emphasize aggravating features and his failure to repeat mitigations in writing did not establish failure to consider them; the DCP had taken mitigation into account and lawfully dismissed the appeal. Judicial review will not substitute the court’s view for the disciplinary authorities' sentencing unless the decision is irrational in the Wednesbu…