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Criminal Law

Crimes Ordinance, Theft Ordinance, ICAC offences, drugs, common-law homicide.

Dominant casebooks

  • McConville · Criminal Law in Hong Kong

Landmark cases

  • HKSAR v Lam Kwong Wai (2006) 9 HKCFAR 574

    Reverse-onus provisions and presumption of innocence.

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