30 Jul 1999
THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE v. KING REGENT TECHNOLOGY LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE v. KING REGENT TECHNOLOGY LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCMP782/1999
The court refused interim relief after balancing public and private interests: seizure was lawful, respondents were implicated and not innocent, undertakings were insufficient to outweigh the public interest in maintaining the efficacy and deterrent effect of the forfeiture regime, the waiting period until trial was short and the claimed financial hardship and rents were overstated or contrived.