24 May 2023
HKSAR v. CHEN KEEN (alias JACK CHEN) (陳克恩)
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFA 11
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC3/2023
Section 4 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance does not empower the trial court to award defence costs where a jury trial is aborted without an outcome favourable to the defendant and a retrial before another jury will follow; section 4 requires finality or termination of proceedings in the defendant's favour to be engaged; appeals dismissed.