31 Aug 2018
香港特別行政區 訴 李本立
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 2000
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA288/2017
Section 65(2) applies because the statutory definition of ‘employer’ includes a director/authorized agent; the acquittal was properly interpreted as based on lack of control on the charged date (liquidation) which satisfies the statutory ground for acquittal under s65(2); on the evidence the trial judge reasonably found the company and director had, before liquidation, the ability or intent to divert funds and deliberately avoid payment of the tribunal award, so the exercise of discretion to order the appellant to pay the outstanding award was lawful and not vitiated by error; refusal of cost…