23 May 1986
THE QUEEN v. LAU LOI HING
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. LAU LOI HING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA454/1986
The magistrate had jurisdiction under section 69(1) of the Magistrates Ordinance to award costs to a defendant represented under the duty lawyer scheme; the lack of a statutory provision directing payment of awarded costs to the scheme does not prevent making the award and is a remediable lacuna; undertakings by defendants to repay the scheme are enforceable and do not defeat entitlement to costs.
- Costs against crown
- Magistrate jurisdiction to award costs
- Enforcement of costs awards
- Analogy with legal aid