HKSAR V. SUM KA WA

[2024] HKCA 760 Court of Appeal 8 August 2024 • CACC144/2023 • 24 min read
11 cases cited (0 HK, 11 foreign) Cited by 8 cases

Outcome

Appeal allowed

we allowed the appeal against sentence.

Source: [2024] HKCA 760, Court of Appeal, decided 8 August 2024. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Counsel (4)

Parties (2)

Case Significance

HKSAR v. Sum Ka Wa [2024] HKCA 760 is a Court of Appeal decision dated 8 August 2024. The Court of Appeal held: 'we allowed the appeal against sentence,' recorded as an appeal allowed. The ruling followed an earlier Court of Appeal decision in the same matter, HKSAR v. Sum Ka Wa [2024] HKCA 208. The decision has subsequently been cited in later Court of First Instance sentencing matters, including HKSAR v. Ho Lap Wai [2025] HKCFI 186, HKSAR v. Wong Cheuk Hin [2025] HKCFI 1947, HKSAR v. Poon Chak Yuen [2025] HKCFI 3549, and HKSAR v. Ng Chi Yip and Others [2026] HKCFI 1546.

What was the result of the appeal in HKSAR v. Sum Ka Wa ([2024] HKCA 760)?

In HKSAR v. Sum Ka Wa [2024] HKCA 760, the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal against sentence, stating 'we allowed the appeal against sentence,' in a decision dated 8 August 2024 that followed an earlier ruling in the same matter, [2024] HKCA 208.

Has HKSAR v. Sum Ka Wa been cited in later sentencing decisions ([2024] HKCA 760)?

Yes. HKSAR v. Sum Ka Wa [2024] HKCA 760 has been cited in later Court of First Instance sentencing matters, including HKSAR v. Ho Lap Wai [2025] HKCFI 186 and HKSAR v. Wong Cheuk Hin [2025] HKCFI 1947.

Statutes Cited

Cases Cited (11)

HK (11)
[1997] HKLRD 344 [2009] 1 HKLRD 483 [2009] 2 HKLRD 437 [2009] 3 HKLRD 582 [2011] 5 HKLRD 690 [2014] 4 HKC 75 [2019] HKCFI 1150 [2022] 3 HKLRD 408 [2023] HKCFI 2275 [2024] 1 HKLRD 1186 [2024] HKCA 208

Cited By (8)

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 31 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

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Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2024] HKCA 760)