8 May 2012
HSU MAY CHUN, KATHERINE AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HSU MAY CHUN, KATHERINE AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV174/2010
Appeals dismissed. Court held s.12(3) of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance authorises an authorised officer executing a warrant to obtain such assistance as is necessary and reasonable, which can include representatives of the requesting state where their presence aids identification of relevant material; the named authorised officer need not personally be the only person to enter and conduct the search; there was no material non-disclosure that vitiated the warrants; on the facts the Hong Kong officers remained responsible and any incidental wrongful copying was recti…