Read the full judgment text of FACC 000008/2008 on BabelCite. This FACC judgment was delivered on 25 June 2009.
1. Beyond the limits of the pleas in bar of autrefois acquit and autrefois convict , there are legal principles by which protection against double jeopardy is accorded through the power of a court to prevent abuse of its process. Invoking those principles, these three appellants seek a stay of the prosecution pending against them in the District Court. Their main contention is that the charge which they now face in Hong Kong arises out of the same or substantially the same facts as those of a