26 Sept 2014
LI KWOK KAY v. HKSAR
- Citation
- LI KWOK KAY v. HKSAR
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL65/2013
The High Court held that the trial judge lawfully exercised his discretion to refuse costs because the applicant, an experienced police officer, knew or ought to have known of the victim's marked intellectual disability and went to her flat when no family members were present, conduct which legitimately brought suspicion upon him and misled the prosecution as to the strength of the case; those positive reasons justified refusal of costs on all counts and refusal was not inconsistent with the acquittal.