4 Aug 2021
CHINA SHANSHUI CEMENT GROUP LTD AND OTHERS v. ZHANG CAIKUI AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2021] HKCA 1139
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV271/2018
The Court of Appeal held the evidence, including the circumstances of removal of records, remaining missing items (notably the data server and four specified items), the defendants' conduct and failure to assist, and admissible inferences from withheld evidence, supported contempt convictions beyond reasonable doubt; adverse inferences were permissible but were not the sole basis for conviction; orders and injunctions were properly construed to include holding out as directors; the sentences imposed were appropriate and not manifestly excessive, so the appeal was dismissed.