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  • 10 Feb 2014

    香港特別行政區 訴 洪清權及另七人

    Citation
    香港特別行政區 訴 洪清權及另七人
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCC113/2012

    The court found that, on the evidence, most acquitted defendants did not deliberately mislead the prosecution and therefore were entitled to recover trial costs; the prosecution caused the April 2013 adjournment by unreasonably and substantially delaying delivery of the complete forensic accounting report, so adjournment costs were ordered against the prosecution; the second defendant, having been convicted on some counts though substantial evidence overlapped with counts resulting in acquittal, should recover only one‑third of her trial costs; the request for recognition that two senior coun…