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Standard of proof for adverse findings
  • 26 Apr 2013

    HKSAR v. TANG KWAI MAN AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    HKSAR v. TANG KWAI MAN AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA752/2012

    The Court held the Magistrate did not err: the appellants failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that senior officers knew of or acquiesced in the misconduct and the statistics did not establish that assertion; adverse findings require the prosecution to prove them to the standard of being sure and the Magistrate's credibility and factual conclusions were not unsafe; the imposition of immediate 3‑month custodial sentences was not wrong in principle given the gravity of the misconduct and therefore the appeals were dismissed.