Hong Kong Leading Case extendedforesightsecondary party

Chan Wing-Siu v The Queen

[1985] AC 168

JurisdictionHong Kong

CourtPrivy Council (on appeal from Hong Kong)

Year1985

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Established the 'wide principle' of extended joint enterprise: a secondary party is liable for a collateral crime committed by the principal in the course of a joint enterprise if he foresaw it as a possible incident of the common purpose.

Area of Law

Criminal Law, Procedure & Evidence

Related Cases

HKSAR v Lo Kin Man (2021) 24 HKCFAR 302; [2021] HKCFA 37

Secretary for Justice v Wong Chi Fung & Others (2018) 21 HKCFAR 35; [2018] HKCFA 4

HKSAR v Ngo Van Nam (and HKSAR v Abdou Maikido Abdoulkarim) [2016] 5 HKLRD 1; CACC 418/2014 (and CACC 327/2015)

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