Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Conspiracy to traffick

Legal area

Court

23 Oct 2020

HKSAR v. LIN CHI MAN AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2020] HKCA 870
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC159/2017

D1: Leave to appeal against sentence granted to determine whether the reduced discounts in Ngo Van Nam apply retrospectively; appeal aid certificate granted. D2: Leave to appeal against conviction refused because grounds were not reasonably arguable; the jury were entitled to treat Cheung’s guilty plea and corroborating evidence as establishing knowledge and participation in the conspiracy and the summing-up and directions were proper.
20 Jan 1993

CHO MING LOK v. THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES

Citation

CHO MING LOK v. THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV150/1992

The Court held that (1) a joint warrant is a technical defect that does not invalidate committal where identities and offences are properly set out though separate warrants are preferable; (2) the magistrate (and reviewing court) must determine committal by reference to the crimes in the Governor's Order to Proceed and the evidence furnished to the Governor, not by relying on particulars in a foreign indictment; (3) on habeas corpus the High Court must apply the Wednesbury standard and not retry facts; (4) magistrates may not receive evidence of foreign law except in narrow treaty/ political‑…