4 Jun 2021
HKSAR v. ECHENE MATHIAS (also known as ECHENE MATHIAS HUBERT MARIE) AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2021] HKDC 816
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC1029/2012
Acquitted defendants are entitled to costs to be taxed if not agreed, but costs are excluded where they are directly attributable to the defendants' voluntary absence from trial (including the 10 October 2013 hearing and subsequent applications resulting from that absence) or where costs arose from the defendant's deliberate decision to leave the jurisdiction leading to extradition proceedings; the application for a certificate for two counsel was refused as not appropriate.