A new way to work with Sentencing in Hong Kong

Launching in October 2026, Sentencing in Hong Kong Online brings a trusted sentencing reference into your everyday legal work on Lexis+^® with Protégé.

Finding the relevant passage is one part of sentencing research. The next is understanding the authorities, considering how the principles apply, and using that research to prepare advice or submissions.

Sentencing in Hong Kong Online brings these steps closer together. Available on Lexis+^® with Protégé, the online edition introduces a new way to interact with the book: search its commentary, explore related legal materials, and continue your research, analysis, and drafting within the same platform.

Written by I Grenville Cross GBS, SC, and Patrick WS Cheung, Sentencing in Hong Kong has supported Hong Kong’s legal community for more than three decades. Following the launch of the Twelfth Edition in July, the online edition gives practitioners another way to access and work with its established analysis and practical guidance.

Find the guidance relevant to your question

Whether you are researching a particular offence, sentencing range, or aggravating or mitigating factor, the online edition helps you find the material you need.

Search structured commentary to locate relevant principles, factors, and judgments, then read further into the topic. For practitioners preparing advice or submissions, this makes it easier to move from an initial question to the guidance that needs closer consideration.

Research in context

Sentencing commentary is most useful when you can consider it alongside the relevant authorities.

On Lexis+ with Protégé, you can consult Sentencing in Hong Kong alongside related cases, legislation, and authoritative LexisNexis Hong Kong legal content.

This allows you to follow an issue beyond the passage you first find, examine the supporting materials, and develop your analysis within one connected research environment.

Put trusted content to work

The online edition also brings the reference into the same platform as AI-assisted research, analysis, and drafting.

Use Lexis+ with Protégé to explore legal questions, analyse issues, and develop drafts as your work progresses. Research into a sentencing issue can lead to questions for further consideration or an initial draft for review, without switching platforms.

Throughout the process, the commentary supports your understanding, while your professional judgment determines how the principles and authorities apply to the matter.

Keep pace with sentencing developments

Sentencing law continues to evolve between print editions.

Sentencing in Hong Kong Online will provide commentary updated for significant developments and reviewed at least every six months, helping readers keep track of changes relevant to their practice.

The Twelfth Edition covers new dangerous drug trafficking guidelines, national security sentencing and remission, updated aggravating and mitigating factors, and recent judgments with an enhanced appendix. Read our Twelfth Edition overview for more on these updates.

Online access + hardcover. One subscription.

Access Sentencing in Hong Kong Online together with the Twelfth Edition hardcover under a single subscription through our introductory print + online bundle.

Keep the hardcover at hand for reading and reference, and use the online edition to search the commentary, explore the legal context, and support your day-to-day work.

The online edition launches in October 2026. The introductory offer is available until 31 December 2026.

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