25 Jun 1992
The conviction was unsafe because the trial judge erred in law by mischaracterising the appellant's disclosure about his alibi witness and by relying on the lateness of disclosure as undermining the alibi despite corroboration by two independent witnesses; given those errors and the reasonable explanation for delay, the appeal must be allowed and conviction quashed.
19 Feb 1987
The trial judge's comment about absence of an explanation at arrest did not amount to an improper adverse comment that rendered the conviction unsafe; the conviction was upheld because the accepted police evidence of continuous pursuit and capture established identity and the appellant's alternative explanation was found wholly incredible; appeal dismissed.
23 Jun 1983
The judge's detailed analysis of the defendant's failure to name NG Fei after arrest amounted to an improper invitation to draw an adverse inference from silence in breach of the rule in Reg v Gilbert; however, because the overall evidence against the applicant was strong and the jury acquitted on the manufacturing count, the Court applied the proviso and refused the appeal, affirming the convictions for possession for trafficking and simple possession.