22 Jun 2022
HKSAR v. CHAN KAM CHING
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFA 13
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC10/2021
The Court preferred the automendacity construction of "false instrument" — an instrument that lies about itself (circumstances of its making or alteration) — quashed the appellant's conviction because that construction applied; on costs, because the appellant's conduct plainly invited suspicion and the intermediate courts and parties had proceeded on a different (wider) construction, the Court limited costs to the conceded costs of the substantive final appeal and refused costs for the trial, the Court of Appeal and the leave application, and refused a certificate for three counsel.