5 Apr 1984
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LUI LOK
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LUI LOK
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA25/1978
O.38 r.22-27 must be construed to permit, on contested applications, determination of (1) whether the witness falls within a rule 25 category, (2) if so whether he can be called, and (3) if he can be called whether he should be called; where a witness is beyond the seas but can attend and should be called the court must reject admission of an unsworn written statement; applying that test the defendant's statement (he could and should attend) was rejected and the father's statement (unfit to attend) was admitted; on the substantive claim Crown is entitled to judgment for a specific sum, an acc…