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  • 6 Jan 2012

    VIVIEN FAN AND OTHERS v. HKSAR

    Citation
    VIVIEN FAN AND OTHERS v. HKSAR
    Court
    Court of Final Appeal
    Case number
    FACC6/2010

    The Court awarded each non-legal-aid appellant full costs of and incidental to the proceedings in all courts below and in this Court (Magistrates Court, District Court, Court of Appeal and Court of Final Appeal), including costs of written submissions on costs; the costs are to be taxed on the basis set out in the Egan costs judgment (i.e. what appears to the Registrar as reasonably sufficient to compensate expenses properly incurred); certificates for the number of counsel sought by each appellant were granted; Mr Rahman was awarded his specified legal aid contributions for the Court of Appe…