23 Mar 2018
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. WONG HO MING
- Citation
- [2018] HKCA 173
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV259/2017
For a party bound by a court order, deliberately remaining and engaging in conduct that is inherently likely to obstruct or interfere with a bailiff executing that order constitutes criminal contempt; proof that the contemnor intended to perform the obstructive acts (basic intent) suffices and no separate specific intent to interfere with the administration of justice is required; prior warning is not a prerequisite to establishing actus reus in such cases.