5 Nov 2025
HKSAR v. CHU KA LOK
- Citation
- [2025] HKCA 951
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC69/2023
The Court found insufficient evidence that the payer intended the payments to be held on trust or that the applicant agreed to such restriction; applying Preddy the increases in the applicant's account balances were choses in action belonging to the applicant; accordingly sections 6(2) and 6(3) of the Theft Ordinance did not apply and the prosecution failed to prove that the property belonged to the Company; the convictions were unsafe and were quashed and the sentence set aside.