11 Nov 2022
Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant failed to identify any question of great general or public importance under s22(1)(b), the intended appeal had no merits and no reasonable prospect of success, and there was no basis to grant leave under the "or otherwise" limb of s22(1)(b).
19 Oct 2022
Leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal was refused because the applicant failed to identify any question of great general or public importance under s 22(1)(b) and the intended appeal lacked merit and any reasonable prospect of success, with no basis to grant leave under the alternative limb of s 22(1)(b).
29 Sept 2016
Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant failed to demonstrate in her notice of motion or written submissions that any issue raised was of general or public importance or met the statutory threshold under section 22(1) of the Court of Final Appeal Ordinance.
25 Jun 2007
The conviction was quashed because the magistrate's critical factual conclusion that the alibi was incomplete and that the timing of the assault was uncertain was unsupported by the evidence (notably the complainant's consistent evidence that she returned at about 10:00 and was assaulted about ten minutes later); that unsupported factual finding denied the appellant the benefit of reasonable doubt and constituted a departure amounting to substantial and grave injustice justifying final appellate intervention under s.32(2).