29 Nov 2019
HKSAR v. FAN WING-YAU
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 2899
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA404/2018
The court held that s52(3)(a) focuses on the defendant driver's subjective purpose to provide carriage 'for hire or reward'; there is no requirement of a formal or directly enforceable agreement between driver and passenger nor of actual direct payment by the passenger; the expected reward may be derived indirectly; the provision targets predominantly commercial carriage and the applicants' construction requiring a direct agreement was not supported by authorities and not reasonably arguable; constitutional arguments under Basic Law Articles 28 and 33 were not reasonably arguable in the circu…