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Hong Kong Case Law

False employment contracts
  • 9 Jan 1997

    R v. LOH WAH THEAM

    Citation
    R v. LOH WAH THEAM
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC223/1996

    The Court refused leave to appeal against sentence, holding that although the trial judge was mistaken to suggest Durup established a tariff and erred in referring to an uncited higher authority, she was entitled to have regard to this Court's dicta (notably Ching Wai-Fan Carina) indicating harsher treatment for such offences; the starting point of four years and reduction to 2.5 years on counts 3–6 (and one month on count 2) after mitigation was not manifestly excessive nor wrong in principle.