4 Nov 2008
TING JAMES HENRY v. HKSAR
- Citation
- TING JAMES HENRY v. HKSAR
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMC60/2006
The Court rejected the appellant's submission that taxation should proceed under the Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance; allowed recovery of fees for the London silk and the Hong Kong Junior Counsel (subject to quantum), disallowed a fee for the Hong Kong Senior Counsel for appearance but allowed preparation fees, held that costs for obtaining Canadian evidence (items 463-464) were in principle recoverable as relating to the consent summons, and ordered no costs for preparing and attending the taxation hearing on 22 September 2008; parties to submit draft Allocatur per Practice Direction 14.3(…