7 May 1999
HKSAR v. PHILIP RUSSELL BOUTTLE
- Citation
- HKSAR v. PHILIP RUSSELL BOUTTLE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA74/1999
Costs in the Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance did not apply because the alleged offences occurred before the Ordinance commenced; exercising the court's discretion under the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, the judge awarded costs of the appeal to the appellant because the grounds on which the appeal was allowed related to the Magistrate's treatment of evidence and interpretation (errors by the Magistrate), and although the appellant had brought suspicion upon himself earlier such conduct justified denial of costs only as to proceedings at the Magistrate level and not as to the appeal.