1.i) Burden of proof refers to the obligation or responsibility to prove, in a case before the courts, the assertions made by a complainant. The general rule is that the burden of proof lies with the party who makes the allegation. ii) There are two standards of proof in trails. For the criminal standard, it was required as proof beyond reasonable doubt. And for the civil standard is proof on the balance of probabilities. iii) The standard of proof requires in criminal trail is to establishes the offense beyond a reasonable doubt, for the standard of proof required in civil trail is to proof on the balance of probabilities with clear and convincing evidence.

2. Criminal law is a branch of law which concerns crimes that committed against the government or society. For example, social conduct and proscribes threatening, harming, or otherwise endangering the health, safety, and moral welfare of people. The main objective of prosecution in criminal law is to punish convicted offenders by means a fine, imprisonment or other forms of punishments, unlike civil law, whose emphasis is more on dispute resolution and victim compensation. Civil law is used to regulate rights and obligations of individuals for upholding private rights and resolving dispute between private citizens.

3. The principal legal sources of law in Hong Kong include the Basic Law, Article 5, Article 8, Article 18 and also Article 19. The establishment of Hong Kong’s legal system was in accordance with the provisions of Article 31 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China.
The Basic Law is the constitutional document of the HKSAR and the blueprint for the future development since it prescribe the systems to be practiced in the HKSAR in order to ensure the implementation of the basic policies of the People’s Republic of China regarding Hong Kong.
For Article 5, it was the socialist