Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000042/2008 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 February 2009.
1. There does not exist, in Hong Kong, any absolute right to trial by jury nor any mechanism by which a person to be tried of an indictable offence may elect to be so tried. The decision as to whether an indictable offence be tried in the Court of First Instance by a judge and jury or in the District Court by a judge alone is the prerogative of the Secretary for Justice.
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