18 Oct 2004
SZE KWAN LUNG AND OTHERS v. HKSAR
- Citation
- SZE KWAN LUNG AND OTHERS v. HKSAR
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC5/2004
The convictions were unsafe and must be quashed because Gall J materially misdirected the jury on the proper approach to defence evidence; that misdirection undermined the reliability of all convictions and warrants quashing and ordering retrial despite correct statements of joint enterprise law that participants can be liable even if the actual killer is not convicted.