Hong Kong Legal Practice Manual: Criminal Litigation (2nd edition)

Name: Hong Kong Legal Practice Manual: Criminal Litigation (2nd edition)
Brand: Sweet & Maxwell Hong Kong
SKU: 9789626610398
Price: 498.58 HKD
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Author: Christopher Knight, Anthony Upham
ISBN: 9789626610398

By Christopher Knight, Anthony Upham

Sweet & Maxwell Hong Kong July 2002

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9789626610398
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Hong Kong
Publication: July 2002
Format: Paperback , 450 pages
Jurisdiction: Hong Kong ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The second edition of this popular Hong Kong Legal Practice Manual offers a practical guide to conducting criminal litigation in Hong Kong. The authors have clearly identified and explained the procedures to be followed when handling a criminal matter, from receiving instructions to appeals. This step-by-step manual to criminal practice includes expert commentary, sample documents, checklists, practice rules and directions.

    * Receiving instructions
    * Visiting a person in custody
    * Accompanying a client to a police station
    * Identification parades
    * First appearance before a Magistrate and applications for bail
    * Transfers to the District Court and committal proceedings
    * Obtaining the case papers and advising on pleas
    * Preparing for a plea of guilty or for trial
    * Trials
    * Pleas of mitigation
    * Reviews
    * Appeals
    * Applications to the High Court of bail pending trial and appeal
    * Juveniles
    * Appearance before a Special Magistrate
    * Termination of retainer
    * The Basic Law, the Bill of Rights Ordinance and abuse of power