Read the full judgment text of CACC 000733/1995 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 June 1996.
1. The applicant seeks leave to appeal against his conviction for an offence under Section 17 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance, Cap. 212. The application was not made within the prescribed time limit. An explanation has been forthcoming for this. The solicitor originally acting for the applicant has lodged an affidavit which indicated that his firm had informed the applicant that they would attend to the application to appeal and he had failed to do so. Although this is not very sati