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Test for denial of costs
  • 2 Aug 2023

    HKSAR v. REHMAN SAFE UR

    Citation
    [2023] HKDC 1077
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCC411/2022

    The application for costs was refused because, in the exercise of the court's discretion, the defendant's conduct — specifically the purchase of 7.45 grams of ketamine packaged in 27 packets as a new user — objectively brought suspicion of trafficking, disentitling him to costs despite acquittal on the trafficking charge.