Read the full judgment text of HCA 000025/1978 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 April 1984.
1. I have now to rule upon the defendant's application for the evidence of himself and his father Lui Koo to be admitted under section 47 of the Evidence Ordinance in the form of written statements. It is an important matter because I have been told that it is the only evidence which is being tendered on behalf of the defendant in this case. It is also a matter of some significance to lawyers having regard to the legislative differences which now exist between the law in Hong Kong and the law in