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Hong Kong Case Law

Late evidence/admissibility

  • 6 Nov 2015

    NG WAI MING v. LIU XIN

    Citation
    NG WAI MING v. LIU XIN
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ4932/2011

    The court found that the 1st Payment, the 2nd Payment and the HK$70,000 received in December 2010 were payments made out of love and affection and not loans; the plaintiff failed to prove that the full HK$200,000 third payment was advanced; presumption of advancement applied to the first payment but the finding of gift is supported on the facts in any event; therefore the plaintiff's claim for HK$269,000 is dismissed.

  • 11 Dec 1995

    R. v. POON CHIN LUNG

    Citation
    R. v. POON CHIN LUNG
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC305/1995

    The judge's directions and interventions did not render the trial unfair or the conviction unsafe: local practice allows majority verdicts with a minimum 5 of 7, the judge acted within his discretion in enquiring of the jury and offering accommodation, his advisory comment on a documentary exhibit was permissible and non‑prejudicial (and later correct exclusion of late advice was proper), misstatements and clerk remarks were peripheral and non‑prejudicial, and the five‑year sentence fell within permissible judicial discretion given the quantity of heroin and mitigation for youth.