plaintiff:
- MO YUK PING
defendant:
- HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
jurisdiction_code: HKCFA
jurisdiction_name: Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
case_location:
- 香港特別行政區
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
case_reason: >-
  Applicant Mo Yuk Ping seeks leave to appeal from her conviction for conspiracy to defraud, challenging
  the sufficiency of legal certainty regarding the elements of the offence.
case_object:
- leave to appeal
judgment_result:
- charge: Leave to appeal against conviction for conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice (liability
    issue)
  result: Dismissed. The Court of Appeal was right in refusing to certify this point, and there is no
    basis for leave to appeal on the 'substantial and grave injustice' ground.
- charge: Leave to appeal against conviction for conspiracy to defraud (liability issue)
  result: Allowed. Leave to appeal has been granted to the applicant to pursue the certified point, which
    is limited to the question of whether the elements of the offence of conspiracy to defraud are sufficiently
    precise to satisfy the constitutional requirement of legal certainty.
judgment_summary: >-
  In MO YUK PING v. HKSAR, Mo Yuk Ping appealed her convictions for conspiracy to defraud and perverting
  the course of public justice. The Court of Appeal certified only one point regarding the sufficiency
  of legal certainty in the conspiracy to defraud charge but dismissed other points. The court found no
  substantial and grave injustice warranting leave on un-certified points. Leave was granted to appeal
  on the certified point, affirming that the elements of conspiracy to defraud are sufficiently
involved_entities:
- entity_name: Chief Justice Li
  reason: Served as Chief Justice in this case, responsible for fact-finding and adjudication.
- entity_name: Mr Justice Bokhary PJ
  reason: Served as Permanent Judge in this case, responsible for fact-finding and adjudication.
- entity_name: Mr Justice Chan PJ
  reason: Served as Permanent Judge in this case, responsible for fact-finding and adjudication.
- entity_name: MO YUK PING
  reason: Applicant in the case.
- entity_name: HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
  reason: Respondent in the case.
