28 Jan 2025
香港特別行政區 訴 吳承恩
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 410
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA459/2022
The magistrate properly applied Lam Chiu Fong: the prosecution's discontinuance did not automatically entitle the appellant to costs because there were positive reasons to refuse costs — the appellant's suspicious conduct, corroborated by CCTV and recovery of watches at his residence, combined with his failure to offer an explanation, justified the refusal; the High Court found no error in law or material factual mistake and dismissed the appeal, affirming the refusal of costs.