HKSAR V.CHAN CHU LEUNG (陳柱良)
20 cases cited
(0 SG, 20 foreign)
Practice Areas
Judges (5)
Counsel (10)
Department of Justice Firm Poon & Cheung Firm Anthony Lai Counsel Appellant Brian Cheng Counsel Respondent Chan Hoi Shing Chris Counsel Appellant Jackson Chow Counsel Appellant Jonathan Man Counsel Respondent Marcus Lee Counsel Respondent Shahmim K Khattak Counsel Appellant Wilson Lam Counsel Respondent
Parties (2)
Summary
Chan Chu Leung appealed against his conviction, raising the question of whether the prosecution's cross-examination infringed his right of silence. The Court of Final Appeal considered the proper limits of prosecutorial cross-examination and whether the judge's direction adequately cured any prejudice. The appeal addressed important questions about the right of silence in criminal trials.
Statutes Cited
Criminal Procedure Ordinance
s 83P
Cases Cited (20)
UK (5)
[1934] 2 KB 408 [1935] AC 462 [1976] 1 WLR 1251 [1993] AC 1 [2017] 1 WLR 3236
HK (15)
(2001) 4 HKCFAR 133 (2004) 7 HKCFAR 600 (2006) 9 HKCFAR 190 (2008) 11 HKCFAR 170 (2009) 12 HKCFAR 237 (2016) 19 HKCFAR 225 (2018) 21 HKCFAR 298 [1991] 2 HKC 158 [2007] 2 HKLRD 75 [2009] 2 HKC 100 [2017] 1 HKLRD 1261 [2022] 5 HKLRD 448 [2022] HKCA 1222 [2023] HKCA 453 [2023] HKCFA 23
Judgment
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Read on HKLIISource: HKLII ([2024] HKCFA 1)