Legal Researchv0.0.27•master@0cc55edAI-assisted research for Hong Kong legal practitioners.
Ask in English or Chinese. Every answer is built from the judgment paragraphs themselves and cited to a neutral citation and paragraph number, so you can check it against the official report in minutes.
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A research aid for legal practitioners. Results should be verified against the primary source before being relied upon, and nothing on this site constitutes legal advice.
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“How much discount does a guilty plea attract on sentence?”
Courts have generally allowed a discount of up to one-third for an early guilty plea, with the reduction reduced where the plea is entered late or the evidence was strong. The discount is applied to the starting point rather than to the final figure.
[HKDC 2020 1003, para. 14][HKDC 2020 532, para. 22]
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How it works
Step 1
Put the question the way you would to a pupil master: in English, Traditional Chinese, or a mix of both. Narrow by offence, legislation, court or date if you wish.
Step 2
Every judgment is indexed paragraph by paragraph and tagged by section — facts, legal principle, mitigation, sentencing calculation, conclusion — so the search lands where the reasoning actually is.
Step 3
The answer is drawn only from the passages retrieved, with a pinpoint reference in the form [neutral citation, para. N], so every point can be taken to the official report and verified before you rely on it.
Why counsel can trust it
Generative tools have a known habit of citing cases that do not exist. This service is built around the opposite discipline: the model may summarise, but it may not invent.
The assistant answers solely from the judgment text supplied to it. If the material does not support an answer, it says so rather than filling the gap.
Every proposition is tied to a neutral citation and paragraph number, ready to be checked, quoted and taken into a skeleton argument.
You may ask questions in English, Traditional Chinese, or a mix of both. Language is detected automatically and the right fields are searched.
Filters for offences and legislation, and section tags for mitigation and sentencing, reflect how comparable-sentence research is actually done.
Try asking
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“Does a guilty plea reduce a sentence for drink driving? Show the discount applied.”
Questions
No. It is a first-pass tool for locating the relevant reasoning quickly. Treatment history and citator status must still be checked on your existing platform.
It searches District Court judgments only. Court of Appeal and Court of Final Appeal authorities are not included, and the tool does not show whether a decision has since been overruled or distinguished.
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