11 Aug 2009
No special reasons existed to justify reducing or avoiding the mandatory two-year disqualification under s39A(2); the magistrate's decision to disqualify for two years was correct; although the fine of HK$5,000 was low for a second offence and should have been at least HK$10,000, the appellate judge declined to increase it and dismissed the appeal.
2 Aug 2001
The Court dismissed the application for leave to appeal because the evidence presented at trial (witness identification, admissions, cap hairs, and DNA bloodstains) was sufficient for a jury properly directed to convict; no legal error in the judge's summing‑up or trial procedure warranted appellate intervention, and the mandatory life sentence for murder must be affirmed.
5 Nov 1985
Section 41(2) of the Road Traffic Ordinance must be applied according to its plain wording: a third conviction for speeding attracts a mandatory disqualification of not less than 12 months and the prior disqualification does not wipe earlier convictions; the three-year proviso only applies where three years have elapsed since the last previous conviction, and re-testing is mandatory under s70 when disqualification is six months or more.
14 May 1985
Section 41(2) must be read so that prior convictions under section 41 and under section 15 of the repealed ordinance are aggregated; as the appellant had three qualifying convictions the mandatory 12‑month disqualification and re‑test followed and the magistrate had no discretion to avoid that penalty.