17 Jul 1993
In re Tse Sun Miu
- Citation
- In re Tse Sun Miu
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV98/1993
The Court of Appeal has jurisdiction to quash convictions that are null and void for want of jurisdiction; habeas corpus and judicial review remain available but the High Court may, where substantial legal issues would be more appropriately resolved on criminal appeal and pursuing the appeal better serves the detainee's interests, leave the detainee to pursue that appeal rather than discharge him. In the present case leaving the appellant to pursue his criminal appeal was the correct exercise of that power.