Read the full judgment text of HCMA 451/2010 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 October 2010.
1. There is before the Court an appeal by way of case stated, by the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) following upon the acquittal by deputy magistrate Mr Thomas Chan on 20 January 2010 of the respondent Mr Tsoi Bun, after a trial of five summonses brought against the respondent. Each of those amended summonses alleged that, contrary to section 296(1)(b) and (4) of the Securities and Futures Ordinance, in the period in and between 14 February and 25 September 2007, that he :