12 Apr 2022
WOO KWOK PING v. THE INCORPORATED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN TRADE ASSOCIATION PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Citation
- [2022] HKDC 308
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ3296/2020
Having weighed contemporaneous documents, witness credibility and the statutory/regulatory framework, the court found the IMC had sufficient factual basis to justify summary dismissal for grave breaches/gross misconduct by the principal. The court dismissed the plaintiff's claims for unlawful dismissal and breach of ss55-57 Education Ordinance and dismissed IMC's counterclaim for damages; the court upheld that several specific warnings were justified (retirement-age non-compliance, unauthorised HKAA arrangement, non-compliant toilet renovations, Community Care Fund procurement failures, unaut…