Read the full judgment text of FACC 000008/2009 on BabelCite. This FACC judgment.
1. Most criminal cases in Hong Kong are tried in the Magistrate’s Court. The issues at such trials are generally of fact rather than of law. Where (as quite often happens) there is an appeal to a single judge of the High Court, the issues are still generally of fact. In practical terms, therefore, one of the most important aspects of our criminal justice system is how issues of fact are resolved in the Magistrate’s Court and then on appeal therefrom to a single judge of the High Court. As to