Hong Kong Leading Case public orderdeterrence vs mitigationnon retrospectivity of guidelines

Secretary for Justice v Wong Chi Fung & Others

(2018) 21 HKCFAR 35; [2018] HKCFA 4

JurisdictionHong Kong

CourtCourt of Final Appeal

Year2018

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Sets the modern sentencing approach for unlawful assembly involving violence (deterrence and punishment predominate over personal mitigation), while holding that newly-announced stricter guidelines must not be applied retrospectively to the conduct in question.

Area of Law

Criminal Law, Procedure & Evidence

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

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

Kulemesin v HKSAR (2013) 16 HKCFAR 195; [2013] HKCFA 9

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