Lo, Winnie Wai Yan 盧蔚恩
Winnie Lo Wai Yan v HKSAR
HK Court of Final Appeal, 23-Feb-2012
The solicitor succeeds in her appeal and has her conviction for breach of the law on champerty and maintenance quashed. Bokhary says "nothing which I have said is meant to discourage consideration of legislative reform of the law as to maintenance, champerty or matters relating thereto." Ribeiro says: "I wish to raise for consideration the question whether and to what extent criminal liability for maintenance should be retained in Hong Kong... In England and Wales, criminal and tortious liability for both maintenance and champerty were abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967..."
HK Court of Final Appeal, 23-Feb-2012
The solicitor succeeds in her appeal and has her conviction for breach of the law on champerty and maintenance quashed. Bokhary says "nothing which I have said is meant to discourage consideration of legislative reform of the law as to maintenance, champerty or matters relating thereto." Ribeiro says: "I wish to raise for consideration the question whether and to what extent criminal liability for maintenance should be retained in Hong Kong... In England and Wales, criminal and tortious liability for both maintenance and champerty were abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967..."
Winnie Lo Wai Yan v HKSAR
HK Court of Final Appeal, 3-May-2011
The solicitor in the landmark maintenance case is granted leave to appeal by the Court of Final Appeal.
HK Court of Final Appeal, 3-May-2011
The solicitor in the landmark maintenance case is granted leave to appeal by the Court of Final Appeal.
Winnie Lo Wai Yan v HKSAR
HK Court of Final Appeal, 7-Apr-2011
The solicitor jailed for "consipracy to commit maintenance" is granted bail pending her final appeal.
HK Court of Final Appeal, 7-Apr-2011
The solicitor jailed for "consipracy to commit maintenance" is granted bail pending her final appeal.
HKSAR v Winnie Lo Wai Yan
HK Court of Appeal, 16-Feb-2011
The solicitor convicted of "conspiracy to commit maintenance" in a no-win-no-fee arrangement is granted permission to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal on the question of whether the offence is constitutional.
HK Court of Appeal, 16-Feb-2011
The solicitor convicted of "conspiracy to commit maintenance" in a no-win-no-fee arrangement is granted permission to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal on the question of whether the offence is constitutional.
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