29 Sept 2016
HKSAR v. WU WING KIT AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WU WING KIT AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC299/2014
The Court exercised its discretion under the Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance: appellants were entitled to costs of the appeal and incidental matters, but because both appellants had brought suspicion upon themselves the Court awarded only half their costs of the District Court trial with certificates for two counsel; the prosecution’s failure to give timely notice of its publication application was an improper act under s17 causing adjournment, so the appellants were awarded the wasted costs of the vacated appeal dates; a certificate for three counsel was refused as the case was not excepti…