Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) (2025 re-issue edition)

Randy Shek of Denis Chang’s Chambers was invited to be the annotator of the 2025 re-issue edition of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200). This latest re-issue will be published by LexisNexis Butterworth this month. The Crimes Ordinance is a major legislation enacted in 1974 to consolidate 20 old English Acts of Parliament that formed part of the criminal law in Hong Kong.  It covers diverse areas including explosive substances offences, criminal damages to properties, sexual offences, forgery offences, conspiracy offences, and many other offences practitioners encounter in their criminal practice.  

The Annotated Crimes Ordinance follows the release of the 2025 re-issue edition of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap 221), also annotated by Randy, which offers the latest case law and commentary on criminal law and procedure, provides an essential guidance for legal professionals on procedural matters in criminal cases. 

For more details about the Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-hk/products-and-services/print-publication/majorwork/annotated-ordinances-of-hk

 

Randy Shek

“Randy is a highly experienced counsel in the criminal law practice. He offers pragmatic and robust advice to clients and achieves favourable outcomes for them.”
— Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023-2026: Regulatory, Investigations and Crime: Leading Juniors 

Randy’s main areas of practice include criminal law, human rights and civil liberties, and public law.  He also accepts instructions for civil cases involving injunctions, family law, and land law.

While he regularly receives instructions to prosecute on behalf of the Department of Justice, Randy is mainly a criminal defence counsel. Randy has a long and established track record for defending cases arising from high profile public order events and cases involving human rights and civil liberties dimensions. He is also particularly experienced in handling cases involving young offenders.

Moreover, he is also experienced in handling conventional crime, white collar crime, SFC investigations, and serious crime, including sexual offences and murder.  He has conducted trials and appeals in all court levels, both as led junior and on his own right.

Find out more from Randy’s profile.

This article was first published on 24 November 2025.

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