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  • 8 May 2015

    DR TSE KIT MING v. THE DENTAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG

    Citation
    DR TSE KIT MING v. THE DENTAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV86/2013

    The Court set aside convictions and sentence relating to the SCMP republication because the evidence did not prove the appellant had actual knowledge or was reasonably put on notice that his PULSE article would be republished in the SCMP; however the Court upheld the plagiarism conviction in relation to the PULSE article because publication of unacknowledged, unverifiable clinical photographs represented deliberate misrepresentation and dishonesty. The suspended removal order was otherwise within range but the CPD‑in‑ethics condition was quashed as impracticable and insufficiently clear for c…