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Hong Kong Case Law

Illegal racing
  • 28 May 2025

    香港特別行政區 訴 方水鑫

    Citation
    [2025] HKCFI 3897
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA312/2024

    Appellate court upheld the original sentencing because the appellant's driving conduct was objectively and morally highly culpable (numerous crossings of double white lines, high speed, deliberate tailgating, misuse of trade/test plates), aggravating personal history existed, and deterrence required immediate custodial sentences; the two offences were distinct in nature so consecutive execution did not amount to impermissible double punishment; fresh evidence was inadmissible for lack of satisfactory explanation and insufficient mitigation value to alter sentence.

  • 18 Feb 1981

    THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. TAM CHI-MAN AND OTHERS

    Citation
    THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. TAM CHI-MAN AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CAAR19/1980

    The magistrate's fines and disqualification were manifestly inadequate for premeditated high-speed road racing that showed reckless disregard for other road users; while custodial sentences are generally warranted for such conduct, given these respondents' ages, records and the review context the Court revised sentence by adding concurrent two-month prison terms suspended for one year while leaving fines and disqualifications intact.