11 Apr 2022
香港特別行政區 訴 麥嘉恩及另十一人
- Citation
- [2022] HKDC 292
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC116/2021
The court refused the first consolidation application because the existing pragmatic trial splits and allocated resources provided no sufficient reason for change; the court granted the second consolidation because the two sets of cases shared similar contested issues (notably video evidence and related disputes), the projected resource availability (including expected completion of a large courtroom) and the scheduling horizon provided adequate time to mitigate prejudice to defendants and to reappoint counsel, making consolidation appropriate and proportionate.