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Topic

Handwriting comparison

Legal area

Court

6 Sept 2000

HKSAR v. DONG XIAO MING AND ANOTHER

Citation

HKSAR v. DONG XIAO MING AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC150/1999

The court refused the 2nd Defendant's application for an appeal aid certificate because the proposed grounds were not sufficiently arguable: the judge's emphasis was on the quality rather than the number of experts and the handwriting expert's conclusions and the judge's acceptance would not likely have been different if four control signatures were excluded.
8 Oct 1999

HKSAR v. WOO YUK FUN

Citation

HKSAR v. WOO YUK FUN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA410/1999

The Magistrate was entitled to compare general handwriting characteristics and to accept the prosecution witnesses' evidence; an appellate court will not overturn credibility findings absent insufficient evidence or a lurking doubt, and on that basis the appeal against conviction is dismissed.
12 Oct 1984

THE QUEEN v. CHU SHEK KWAI

Citation

THE QUEEN v. CHU SHEK KWAI
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC271/1984

Where a conviction depends on proving that disputed handwriting is that of the accused by comparison with exemplars, the genuineness of exemplars must be proved to the criminal standard; in the present case the judge applied the wrong (civil) standard and, together with misdirections and insufficient circumstantial evidence, the convictions could not stand.