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Hong Kong Case Law

Disclosure of witnesses
  • 20 Oct 1975

    THE QUEEN v. CECIL JAMES MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. CECIL JAMES MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM AND ANOTHER
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCC144/1975

    The court held that the summary of evidence supplied with the particulars of offence gave sufficient information about the nature of the conspiracy so further particulars were refused; a separate trial was unnecessary because the conspiracy was the primary charge and the evidence relevant to it would also be admissible for the substantive charges; the Crown must amend the summary to include the names of proposed witnesses (addresses not required by the Practice Direction) unless it can show good reason to withhold them; the provisional trial date stands subject to any adjournment application…