Read the full judgment text of HCMA 403/2010 on BabelCite. This Court of First Instance judgment was delivered on 10 January 2011 before Deputy High Court Judge E Toh.
1. This was an appeal under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance and after hearing arguments from counsel, this Court had ruled that the Court of Final Appeal’s decision in HKSAR v Hung Chan Wah [2006] 3 HKLRD 841 and HKSAR v Ng Po On (2008) 1 HKCFAR 91 were case-specific, and this Court after considering English authorities relating to the same subject matter had decided to follow the House of Lords’ decision in R v Johnstone [2003] 1 WLR 1736.
Legal issues: Certification of points of law of great and general importance
Outcome: Certificate granted to the Court of Final Appeal; applicant's application for leave to appeal to Court of Final Appeal subsequently granted by the Court of Final Appeal.
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