Read the full judgment text of CACC 344/2006 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 19 December 2007.
1. In Hong Kong, every defendant charged with a criminal offence is entitled to a fair trial by an independent and impartial court of law. This is a fundamental right afforded by the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Bill of Rights and the common law. The prerequisite for securing this right of a defendant to a fair trial is that the judge must conduct the trial in an impartial and fair manner. The judge must neither be biased towards either the prosecution or the def
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