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CB v Commissioner of Police & Ors

[2025] HKCFA 10
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtHK Court of Final Appeal
Year2025
StatusBinding authority

Summary

CFA established the causation test linking investigative failures by police to the absence of specific forced labour offence prosecutions in constitutional protection cases.

Key Principle

The Court established the test for causation between investigative failures and absence of specific forced labour offences in constitutional protection cases.

Area of Law

constitutional

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