20 Dec 2000
HKSAR v. HIP HING CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
- Citation
- HKSAR v. HIP HING CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1028/2000
The Court held that the Magistrate's apparent ruling that evidence of site security was irrelevant led the Appellant to refrain from calling that evidence, and the Magistrate nevertheless relied on the absence of that evidence when convicting; this material irregularity deprived the Appellant of a fair trial, requiring the conviction and sentence to be set aside and the matter remitted for a new trial before another Magistrate.