8 Feb 2024
香港特別行政區 訴 馬敬
- Citation
- [2024] HKDC 242
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC81/2023
The pre-trial application for a permanent stay was unnecessary and inappropriate on the facts and standards of a reasonable, competent legal practitioner; it caused additional prosecution expense and therefore, pursuant to Cap.492 s.17, the defendant must pay the prosecution the costs attributable to that application; the prosecution's obligation to pay the acquitted defendant excludes those specified costs; unresolved amounts to be taxed by the Registrar; two-counsel certificates granted for both sides.