Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Mental disorder (schizophrenia)

Legal area

Court

31 Mar 2000

HKSAR v. YIU WING CHEONG

Citation

HKSAR v. YIU WING CHEONG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC584/1999

The application was dismissed because the psychiatrists' contemporaneous reports established schizophrenia with active psychosis, lack of insight, a history of serious violence, relapsing illness and a propensity to repeat violence, which justified an indefinite hospital order under s.45 of the Mental Health Ordinance to protect the public and provide necessary treatment.
13 Sept 1996

R. v. HA KEI FUK

Citation

R. v. HA KEI FUK
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC688/1995

On fresh material and changed circumstances the Court allowed the appeal in part by ordering that the applicant's detention be at Castle Peak Mental Hospital rather than Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre because medical opinion established that hospital treatment and availability thereof gave the applicant the best prospect of safe release; the absence of medical confidence as to duration justified leaving the hospital order without a specified term; the court declined to disapply the proviso to s.47(2) on expert advice.