Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Hot pursuit

Legal area

Court

10 Apr 1997

THE QUEEN v. HUI CHIU-KEUNG

Citation

THE QUEEN v. HUI CHIU-KEUNG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC459/1996

The conviction was upheld because eyewitness identifications made during and after hot pursuit, the dropping of bags containing stolen property, and the discovery of the victim's identity card on the appellant together provided overwhelming and conclusive evidence of guilt; the sentences imposed fell within the proper sentencing range and no mitigating factors justified appellate reduction.
10 Apr 1997

R. v. CHAN KWOK WAI and Another

Citation

R. v. CHAN KWOK WAI and Another
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC458/1996

Conviction upheld because identification was reliable given close observation, hot pursuit, contemporaneous dropping of bags and discovery of a victim's identity card on the accused; sentences were appropriate and proportionate given the nature and multiplicity of domestic burglaries and absence of significant mitigation, therefore both the appeals against conviction and sentence are dismissed.
22 Sept 1988

SOUTHRIDGE INTERNATIONAL INC. v. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

Citation

SOUTHRIDGE INTERNATIONAL INC. v. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1460/1988

The New York orders had no extra-territorial effect in Hong Kong and could not be invoked as enforcement of US penal or public law; however the Bank validly refused the plaintiffs' instructions because it had actual knowledge that some or all funds were tainted by insider trading and were subject to constructive trusts in equity (arising independently of US public law), and paying would render the Bank a knowing assistant and potentially liable; therefore the originating summonses were dismissed.

Hong Kong Case Law

THE QUEEN v. HUI CHIU-KEUNG

R. v. CHAN KWOK WAI and Another

SOUTHRIDGE INTERNATIONAL INC. v. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK