Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000068/2005 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 16 November 2005 before Mr Justice Bokhary PJ, Mr Justice Chan PJ, Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ.
Criminal law – jury directions – collective duty – point of law of great and general importance – leave to appeal – Court of Final Appeal – s.32(2) of the Court's statute – HKSAR v. Chan Ka Man [2005] 1 HKC 162 – Black v. R (1993) 179 CLR 44 – whether jurors should be directed that they have a collective duty – risk of subordinating individual views to majority – Court of Final Appeal certified a point of law of great and general importance and granted leave to appeal
Legal issues: Jury directions on collective duty
Outcome: Leave to appeal granted to the Court of Final Appeal on the point of law of great and general importance.
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