4 Mar 1992
CHOW WAI FU v. MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
- Citation
- CHOW WAI FU v. MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV205/1991
The Council's sentence was affected by extraneous unproved allegations introduced during mitigation (an assertion that the doctor had purchased excessive quantities of drugs), and because the Legal Adviser did not caution the Council or the Council state it had ignored such material, the appellate court must give the benefit of doubt to the appellant and vary the sanction. Sentencing must be confined to offences proved; accordingly the Court substituted a lesser removal period (18 months) for the two-year order.