4 Aug 2017
HKSAR v. LI CHUN TING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LI CHUN TING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA311/2007
The Registrar will apply the standing July 1997 party-and-party standard rates to ordinary criminal appeal bills absent a specific, documented application and justification by the Department of Justice; a solicitor performing both solicitor and advocate functions is not automatically entitled to a higher hourly rate for taxation; taxing authorities must disallow unreasonable items and protect the public interest.
- Taxation of costs in criminal proceedings
- Hourly rates for government counsel
- Party-and-party standard rates
- Public interest in cost taxation