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Hong Kong Case Law

Liability of managers
  • 16 Oct 1990

    THE QUEEN v. LEE KOU ON

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. LEE KOU ON
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA969/1990

    S.9B(2)(a)(ii) is an offence of strict liability as it concerns public safety; 'causes' is to be given a common-sense meaning per Alphacell such that deliberate acts or control producing the result constitute causing; the agreed facts and business registrations permitted the irresistible inference that the appellant, as manager with control of the electronic locking, caused the exit doors to be secured and thus rendered escape materially more difficult, so the application for leave to appeal was dismissed.