Including clear, comprehensive definitions of consent in Hong Kong’s reform of sexual offence laws will provide greater clarity for all parties and better protect victims, experts and a survivor have said.

Barrister Stephen Keung Pit-chun said on Saturday current interpretations of consent relied on “common sense”, creating legal loopholes.

Establishing a statutory definition of consent would also be key to sentencing in future cases, he said.

Keung was speaking at a forum at the University of...