{"id":12451,"date":"2023-06-30T15:05:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T07:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmel.hku.hk\/legal_update\/resources-on-medical-manslaughter-gross-negligence-manslaughter\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T11:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T03:23:46","slug":"resources-on-medical-manslaughter-gross-negligence-manslaughter","status":"publish","type":"legal_update","link":"https:\/\/cmel.hku.hk\/zh\/legal_update\/resources-on-medical-manslaughter-gross-negligence-manslaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources on Gross Negligence Manslaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"
A. Case Summaries & Briefings:
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\n1) “DR Beauty” Gross Negligence Manslaughter Case:<\/span><\/strong>
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  1. HKSAR v Mak Wan Ling<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[2019] HKCFA 37 (Landmark Judgment on Elements of the Offence): click\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(p.3 & 7-8)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. HKSAR v Chow Heung Wing Stephen, Chan Kwun Chung and\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong>Mak Wan Ling<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>[2018] HKCFI 60 (Reasons for Sentence in respect of D1 and D2): Click\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(p.3 & 5-6)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. HKSAR v Mak Wan Ling<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[2020] HKCFI 3069 (Reasons for Sentence in respect of D3): Click\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(p.3 & 8-9)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. HKSAR v Chow Heung Wing Stephen and Chan Kwun Chung<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0[2021] HKCA 1655<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Appeal by D1 and D2)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. HKSAR v Chow Heung Wing, Stephen<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0[2022] HKCA 313<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Appeal by D1)<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. HKSAR v Mak Wan Ling<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0[2022] HKCA 387<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Appeal by D3)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2) Gross Negligence Manslaughter of a Liposuction Patient:
    \n<\/span><\/strong>    HKSAR v Kwan Hau Chi, Vanessa<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[2021] HKCFI 2978<\/a><\/span> (reasons for Sentence)
    \n    HKSAR v Kwan Hau Chi, Vanessa<\/em><\/strong> [2023] HKCA 662<\/a><\/span> (leave to appeal granted)
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    B. Publications:
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    \nJournal article by CMEL Co-Director Prof Gilberto K. K. Leung:
    \n1) Gilberto KK Leung. \u201cMedical Manslaughter in Hong Kong: What Now?\u201d<\/strong>. Hong Kong Medical Journal<\/em> (2023) 29(1):4\u20135.     https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12809\/hkmj235140<\/a><\/span>.
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    \nC. Webinars:
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    \n1)     Webinar<\/a><\/span> on Medical Manslaughter: An Overview and Case Studies<\/strong> co-organised by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and CMEL (4 Feb 2023)
    \n2) <\/span>Webinar: \u201cGross Negligence Manslaughter: Should it Apply to Healthcare Practitioners?\u201d<\/strong> (9 Apr 2021):<\/span><\/p>\n

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