14 May 2020
香港特別行政區 訴 鄭耀揚
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 728
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA392/2019
The judge correctly exercised her discretion to refuse costs: the appellant gave inconsistent, evasive and implausible accounts about staying at an alternative lodging, admitted conduct in interview that invited suspicion, and the evidential absence of his name in the hotel's dynamic register combined with his contradictory statements justified finding he had invited suspicion and misled investigators; therefore despite acquittal the costs order was properly refused.