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Topic

Police notebooks

Legal area

Court

1 Dec 2020

HKSAR v. PUN CHEUK WANG

Citation

[2020] HKCFI 3003
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCCC300/2019

Trial judge accepted prosecution witnesses and rejected the accused's testimony as incredible; on the evidence the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the oral admission, notebook entries, post‑record and video recorded interview were voluntary and not the product of inducement, threat or oppression, and the court declined to exercise its discretion to exclude them; accordingly the contested items were admissible.
14 Oct 2020

HKSAR v. YUEN YU KIN

Citation

[2020] HKCA 821
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC29/2019

The Court held the summing up, read as a whole, sufficiently contextualised directions on inferential reasoning and identified rival inferences; the omission to give a specific warning about the use of police notebook entries was an error but was collateral and harmless and did not render the conviction unsafe, therefore leave to appeal was refused and the appeal dismissed.
6 Nov 2017

HKSAR v. CHOW WING WAI

Citation

HKSAR v. CHOW WING WAI
Court

Court of Final Appeal
Case number

FAMC29/2017

Leave to appeal refused because the undisclosed notebook entry was not materially inconsistent with prosecution evidence and in fact supported key prosecution points, the totality of evidence was overwhelming, and trial counsel's conduct did not amount to flagrant incompetence producing substantial and grave injustice.