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HKSAR v Kissel Nancy Ann

[2013] HKCA 622
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtHong Kong Court of Appeal
Year2014
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

On a murder retrial where diminished responsibility is in issue, an expert witness may not simply reproduce and adopt the opinion of a non-testifying expert prepared for the litigation, and the trial judge's directions on the expert and circumstantial evidence were not shown to be erroneous.

Area of Law

criminal

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