CHIM HON MAN V. HKSAR

[1999] HKCFA 14 Court of Final Appeal 29 January 1999 • FACC3/1998 • 31 min read

2 cases cited (0 HK, 2 foreign)

Outcome

Appeal allowed

The appeal was allowed on the ground that each of the various acts relied upon by the prosecution from which it invited the jury to find one act of rape was able to be addressed as an individual incident.

Source: [1999] HKCFA 14, Court of Final Appeal, decided 29 January 1999. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (5)

Anthony Mason Coram Bokhary Coram Ching Coram Court: Chief Justice Li Coram Litton Coram

Counsel (4)

Dept of Justice Firm Denise Chan Counsel Respondent McCoy, SC Counsel Appellant Schapel, Sadpp & Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

HKSAR Respondent Chim Hon Man Appellant

Statutes Cited

Criminal Procedure Ordinance

s 79C s 83(1)(a) s 9(3)

Evidence Ordinance (Cap 8)

Cases Cited (2)

UK (2)

[1973] AC 584 [1990] 2 All ER 482

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 24 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2016] HKCFA 52 Court of Final Appeal

11 July 2016

[2016] HKCFA 53 Court of Final Appeal

11 July 2016

[2016] HKCFA 54 Court of Final Appeal

11 July 2016

[1999] HKCFA 79 Court of Final Appeal

14 December 1999

[2010] HKCA 471 Court of Appeal

19 May 2010

[2017] HKCFI 623 Court of First Instance

7 April 2017