8 Jan 2021
香港特別行政區 訴 曹挺楷及另三人
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 29
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA209/2019
For appellants 1–3 the convictions were upheld because the last written notices constituted clear statutory requests within the offence periods, none of the three contacted the inspector to reschedule as required, the statutory scheme and context support treating the offence as strict liability subject to an honest and reasonable belief defence, and the evidence did not raise a reasonable doubt as to such a belief. For the fourth appellant the convictions were quashed because his interference was shown to be aimed at securing legal advice for workers, the delay was short and did not meet the…