The Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in HKSAR v Yau Kai Fung [2026] HKCA 885 brings welcome clarity to how courts should sentence offenders trafficking in more than one type of dangerous drug. For over a decade, sentencing courts faced with a “cocktail” or combination of drugs were guided by HKSAR v Chan Yuk Leong (CACC 318/2013), which set out “three check tests”, namely absurdity test, conversion test and ratio test, to cross-check whether the upward adjustment to the star

On 22 May 2026, well-known movie producer Mr Raymond Wong Pak Ming was convicted of insider dealing in a criminal prosecution brought by the Securities and Futures Commission. The Defendant faced one count of insider dealing, contrary to section 291(1)(b) of the Securities and Futures Ordinance, Cap. 571. He was said to have counselled or procured another person to deal in the shares of Pegasus Entertainment Holdings Limited around 25 August 2017 to 17 October 2017 while he

In Szeto Wing Leong v Hong Kong Housing Authority [2026] HKCFI 2033, the Court of First Instance ruled in favour of the Applicant in a judicial review concerning the implementation of the Marking Scheme for Estate Management Enforcement in Public Rental Housing Estates. The case centered on whether the Housing Authority’s actual practice of requiring neighbourhood misdeeds to be “caught red-handed” was inconsistent with the written policies embodied in its own Operation Manu

In HKSAR v Tung Hoi-Yee Kenneth (ESCC 1217/2025), Vinci Lam SC and Kasper Fan represented a defendant charged with assaulting his wife in their former matrimonial home. The defendant elected not to testify in court and the defence case turned solely on the cross-examination of the wife. After a 3-day trial, the Court accepted the defence’s submissions in their entirety. In particular, the Court held that the wife’s testimony was incredible and unreasonable; not only was he