24 Feb 2021
ZQA AND OTHERS v. SCC AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2021] HKCA 194
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAMP171/2020
The Court allowed the appeal, admitted the fresh evidence, held that given the uncontested evidence of the former solicitor’s dilatory conduct and the respondents’ legitimate reliance on him, the Crown had not proved beyond reasonable doubt that the respondents had the requisite conscious and voluntary intention to disobey the 2017 Order; accordingly findings of contempt and the three-month sentences were set aside; appeal against sentence and the earlier finding allowed and new evidence admitted; no leave or time extension was required to appeal under the DCO for contempt orders.