27 Aug 2004
The word 'lodges' in s6AB(1) requires that the production notification be received by the Director or his agent (Tradelink); because the offence is one of strict liability the prosecution only needed to prove production commenced and no notification was received; evidence showed no receipt, therefore the conviction was upheld.
9 Oct 2003
Harbour Fair contracted as principal, not merely as agent; Long Art did not commit or prove illegality under Cap.60 sufficient to bar enforcement; Harbour Fair repudiated the contract by failing to deliver 6,046 pieces and was liable for late delivery of 2,468 pieces; Plaintiff entitled to damages as quantified and counterclaim dismissed.
28 Feb 2002
The Court allowed the appeals and quashed the convictions because, cumulatively, the equivocal letter of authorisation that could have induced the 2nd appellant, the unresolved and unreliable contemporaneous accounts of an alleged oral admission, the lengthy uncautioned period before the formal interview, the absence of adequate contemporaneous notebook entries and the long delay in preparing witness statements rendered the convictions unsafe.