Magistrate sentenced a mainland student pleading guilty to making a false statement to the immigration department for immediate release

Magistrate Tsang Chung-yiu sentenced a mainland student using false academic qualifications to enter into Hong...

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Court found 17-year-old defendant not guilty of indecent assault and criminal damage and awarded costs to him

Deputy Magistrate Eric Yao acquitted a defendant ("D") charged with indecent assault and criminal damage...

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High Court granted costs on an indemnity basis after a Defendant withdrawing a statutory demand on a disputed debt

Recorder Jenkin Suen SC granted costs on an indemnity basis to the Plaintiff after the...

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Court of First Instance quashed conviction as magistrate entered into the arena

DHCJ E Lee allowed an Appellant’s appeal against conviction of indecent assault on the ground...

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Court of First Instance allowed appeal against sentence for a defendant who pleaded guilty to operating a gambling establishment

The Court of First Instance reduced the quantum of fine from HK$ 100,000 to HK$...

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Court acquitted defendant with costs of claiming to be a member of a triad society

Deputy Magistrate Li Cheuk-wai acquitted defendant charged with claiming to be a member of a...

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Court of First Instance granted defendant convicted of indecent assault bail pending appeal

Hon Anna Lai J granted an applicant convicted of indecent assault bail pending appeal (against...

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Magistrate acquitted defendant of wounding due to unreliable voice identification and awarded him costs

Magistrate Patrick Tsang acquitted a defendant charged with wounding his wife and awarded him costs....

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Magistrate acquitted defendant of using a false instrument

Magistrate Kelly Shui found the defendant not guilty of using a false instrument...

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Magistrate granted costs of jurisdiction challenge and trial proper after acquittal

Magistrate Daniel Tang awarded the Defendant costs for, inter alia, arguing the Magistracy has no...

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High Court set aside enforcement order of arbitration award

Mimmie Chan J took the opportunity to review whether an “Optional/Inchoate Arbitration Clause” is valid....

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Magistrate acquitted defendant of careless driving after a 3-day trial

Deputy Magistrate Bu Yanan found evidence of prosecution witnesses irreconcilable....

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District Court applied new test of illegality pronounced by Court of Appeal

Court applied landmark decision in Monat Investment Ltd (which affirmed UK Supreme Court's approach in...

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Coroner’s Court hears inquest of a deaf-and-dumb psychiatric patient jumped-from-height shortly after his discharge

Jury found deceased killed himself whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed....

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Magistrate acquitted defendant allegedly obstructing and resisting police officers with costs

Deputy Magistrate Linda Chan found the defendant not guilty of obstructing and resisting police officers...

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Court of Appeal granted an applicant convicted of ‘assisting the remaining of an unauthorized entrant’ bail pending appeal

Hon Anthea Pang JA granted an applicant convicted of “assisting the remaining of an unauthorized...

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Magistrate found secondary school teacher no case to answer for indecent assault and bare case to answer for common assault

Deputy Magistrate Yvonne Chan found a male secondary school teacher no case to answer for...

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