22 Aug 2014
HKSAR v. VW-VES (HK) LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HKSAR v. VW-VES (HK) LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA742/2013
The Court upheld the magistrate: the Regulations' statutory purpose justified treating the offences as absolute liability; the factual findings that the appellants were owners on site and that the seized slings did not match the Form 7 certificates were unimpeached; prosecuting the individual contractors rather than the joint venture was lawful to give effect to the safety regime. Accordingly convictions on Summons Groups I–III were upheld and the appeal dismissed (acquittals on Group IV maintained).