Case Details

Citation

LEUNG KWOK HUNG AND OTHERS v. HKSAR, FACC 1A/2005

Case Number

FACC 1A/2005

Court

Court of Final Appeal

(CFA)

Decision Date

3 October 2005

Parties

Applicant(s):

LEUNG KWOK HUNG, FUNG KA KEUNG CHRISTOPHER, LO WAI MING

Respondent(s):

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

For Respondent(s):

Written submissions by Mr Gavin Shiu and Mr David Leung (of the Department of Justice)

Judges

Court : Li
Bokhary
Chan
Ribeiro andSir Anthony Mason

LEUNG KWOK HUNG AND OTHERS v. HKSAR

FACC 1A/2005

Court of Final Appeal3 October 2005

Judges:Court : LiBokharyChanRibeiro andSir Anthony Mason

FACC000001A/2005 LEUNG KWOK HUNG AND OTHERS v. HKSAR

FACC Nos. 1 & 2 of 2005

IN THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

FINAL APPEAL NOS. 1 & 2 OF 2005 (CRIMINAL)

(ON APPEAL FROM HCMA NO. 16 OF 2003)

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Between :

	LEUNG KWOK HUNG	1st Appellant
	FUNG KA KEUNG CHRISTOPHER	2nd Appellant
	LO WAI MING	3rd Appellant
	and
	HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION	Respondent

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Court :

Chief Justice Li, Mr Justice Bokhary PJ, Mr Justice Chan PJ, Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ and Sir Anthony Mason NPJ

Date of Judgment :

3 October 2005

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JUDGMENT ON COSTS

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Chief Justice Li :

1. Written submissions have been lodged by the 1st appellant, the 2nd and 3rd appellants and the respondent. Having considered them and having regard to the public interest in the legal issues arising in this appeal, the Court unanimously makes the following orders relating to costs namely, that :

(1) Save for (2) and (3), there be no order as to costs between the appellants and the respondent.

(2) The respondent pay to the 1st appellant $4,000 in respect of filing fees and photocopying charges incurred by him.

(3) The respondent pay to the 2nd and 3rd appellants the sums of $17,414 and $7,674 being the contributions paid by them respectively to the Director of Legal Aid.

(4) The 2nd and 3rd appellants’ own costs be taxed in accordance with Legal Aid Regulations.

(Andrew Li)
Chief Justice

(Kemal Bokhary)
Permanent Judge

(Patrick Chan)
Permanent Judge

(R.A.V. Ribeiro)
Permanent Judge

(Sir Anthony Mason)
Non-Permanent Judge

Written submissions by the 1st appellant

Written submissions by Mr Martin Lee SC and Mr Erik Shum (instructed by Messrs Ho, Tse, Wai & Partners and assigned by the Legal Aid Department) for the 2nd and 3rd appellants

Written submissions by Mr Gavin Shiu and Mr David Leung (of the Department of Justice) for the respondent

Court

Procedural posture

Issues

Holdings

Legal principles

Disposition

Appeal history

HKSAR v. LEUNG KWOK HUNG AND OTHERS
CFI · 10 Nov 2004
On appeal from
LEUNG KWOK HUNG AND OTHERS v. HKSAR
CFA · 6 Jan 2005
On appeal from
LEUNG KWOK HUNG AND OTHERS v. HKSAR
CFA · 10 May 2005
On appeal from
LEUNG KWOK HUNG AND OTHERS v. HKSAR
CFA · 3 Oct 2005
This judgment
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On appeal from