10 Apr 1996
THE QUEEN v. IP PO FAI
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. IP PO FAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1201/1995
The convictions were unsafe because the Crown's case relied only on the presence of the two non‑lawfully employable persons performing tasks in the shop and the inference of employment was not the only reasonable inference given the plausible alternative explanation (relatives/friends staying with the appellant's mother); therefore employment was not proved beyond reasonable doubt and convictions must be quashed.