28 May 2024
香港特別行政區 訴 林偉業
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 1841
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA373/2022
The court confirmed that bankruptcy does not discharge the appellant's legal liability to pay fines and that the magistrate properly exercised discretion to reduce and reschedule the fine instalments in light of the appellant's financial circumstances and the Official Receiver's agreement. The court also held that orders for payment of outstanding wages under the Employment Ordinance are of a different statutory character from fines and should not be set aside merely because the employer is bankrupt; accordingly the unpaid wages order could not be vacated but its repayment timetable could be…