30 Sept 2016
HKSAR v. TSUI PAK SUN, PAXTON AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HKSAR v. TSUI PAK SUN, PAXTON AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA50/2016
On the facts the 1st appellant, a Hong Kong permanent resident who entered using his Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card and who did not demonstrate an intention or factual matrix to be treated as a visitor from abroad, failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that he fell within Regulation 37; consequently he was driving without a licence and without valid third party insurance; the 2nd appellant's permission was therefore criminally culpable; the appellants' beliefs were not based on reasonable grounds so no "special reason" existed to avoid the statutory minimum 12‑month disqualificat…