Pang, Anthea Po Kam 彭寶琴
HKSAR v Tam Tak Chi
HK Court of Appeal, 10-Jul-2024
The court certifies 3 questions for the Court of Final Appeal in relation to Mr Tam's conviction under the Crimes Ordinance (now replaced by the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance) for uttering seditious words. The questions include whether the law is a disproportionate restriction on freedom of speech.
HK Court of Appeal, 10-Jul-2024
The court certifies 3 questions for the Court of Final Appeal in relation to Mr Tam's conviction under the Crimes Ordinance (now replaced by the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance) for uttering seditious words. The questions include whether the law is a disproportionate restriction on freedom of speech.
Re the civil injunction against criminal acts re "Glory to Hong Kong" song
| The Streisand effect
HK Court of Appeal, 8-May-2024
Let's just hope that Barbara Streisand never sings it.
HK Court of Appeal, 8-May-2024
Let's just hope that Barbara Streisand never sings it.
SJ v Roy Cho Kwai Chee, Christie Chan Lai Yee and Byron Tan Ye Kai
HK Court of Appeal, 16-Jun-2023
The Secretary for Justice's appeal against the acquittals is dismissed.
HK Court of Appeal, 16-Jun-2023
The Secretary for Justice's appeal against the acquittals is dismissed.
HKSAR v Chan Chun Kit
| Summary Offences Ordinance s17
HK Court of Final Appeal, 15-Jul-2022
No thought crimes: in an encouraging sign that the highest HK court (but not the courts below) are robustly pushing back against overreaching prosecutions, the CFA unanimously overturns the Court of Appeal and Magistrate and rules that because cable ties are not manufactured for the purpose of restraining a person, they are outside the scope of the Summary Offences Ordinance, and the defendant's conviction is overturned. Applying the prosecution's wide interpretation would "do violence to the language" and "effectively turn the section into a thought crime" - Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui Nung.
HK Court of Final Appeal, 15-Jul-2022
No thought crimes: in an encouraging sign that the highest HK court (but not the courts below) are robustly pushing back against overreaching prosecutions, the CFA unanimously overturns the Court of Appeal and Magistrate and rules that because cable ties are not manufactured for the purpose of restraining a person, they are outside the scope of the Summary Offences Ordinance, and the defendant's conviction is overturned. Applying the prosecution's wide interpretation would "do violence to the language" and "effectively turn the section into a thought crime" - Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui Nung.
Six in 2016 LegCo Election bribery and vote-rigging case have sentences increased up to 23 months' jail after review
ICAC, 20-May-2022
ICAC, 20-May-2022
HKSAR v Chan Chun Kit
HK Court of Appeal, 11-Oct-2021
The appeal is dismissed. "The type of cable ties involved in the present case can be used for many unlawful purposes" - and that, apparently, with an inferred intent to use them, is enough to break the law. How many other things in your possession could be used for unlawful purposes? The pen in your hand, perhaps?
HK Court of Appeal, 11-Oct-2021
The appeal is dismissed. "The type of cable ties involved in the present case can be used for many unlawful purposes" - and that, apparently, with an inferred intent to use them, is enough to break the law. How many other things in your possession could be used for unlawful purposes? The pen in your hand, perhaps?
HKSAR v Leon Tong Ying Kit: reasons for verdict
HK Court of First Instance, 27-Jul-2021
In the first trial under the National Security Law, the panel of 3 judges, sitting without a a jury, convicts him of incitement to secession and terrorist activities for displaying on his motorcycle a flag with the words "光復香港LIBERATE HONG KONG時代革命 REVOLUTION OF OUR TIMES", on the first day of the NSL, 1-Jul-2020. The court finds that "The Defendant's acts had caused grave harm to the society".
HK Court of First Instance, 27-Jul-2021
In the first trial under the National Security Law, the panel of 3 judges, sitting without a a jury, convicts him of incitement to secession and terrorist activities for displaying on his motorcycle a flag with the words "光復香港LIBERATE HONG KONG時代革命 REVOLUTION OF OUR TIMES", on the first day of the NSL, 1-Jul-2020. The court finds that "The Defendant's acts had caused grave harm to the society".
HKSAR v Ivan Chan Man Sum
HK Court of Appeal, 8-Jun-2021
Following the second trial, Mr Chan's conviction for murder is again quashed, this time because, although he admitted the killing, Judge Anthea Pang Po Kam failed to direct the jury on the partial defence of provocation and the alternative verdict of manslaughter. A retrial is ordered.
HK Court of Appeal, 8-Jun-2021
Following the second trial, Mr Chan's conviction for murder is again quashed, this time because, although he admitted the killing, Judge Anthea Pang Po Kam failed to direct the jury on the partial defence of provocation and the alternative verdict of manslaughter. A retrial is ordered.
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