Case Commentary

Secretary for Justice v Leung Hiu Yeung and Ors [2018] HKCFA 13

Successfully obtain leave on the ground that substantial and grave injustice has been done to the applicants by reason of the Court of Appeal’s departure from the principle that an offender is to be sentenced on the existing or prevailing guideline or tariff of sentence existing at the time of the commission of the offence and for Lam Long Yin on the ground that substantial and grave injustice has been done to them by reason of the Court of Appeal’s failure properly to consider section 109A of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance.