HKSAR V. HUI SHUK YEE CHERRY

[2025] HKCA 647 Court of Appeal 24 July 2025 • CACC173/2024 • 20 min read
5 cases cited (0 SG, 5 foreign)

Practice Areas

Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance

Judges (3)

M Poon Coram Macrae Coram Zervos Coram

Counsel (5)

Department of Justice Firm Tse Yuen Ting Wong Firm Andrew Bruce Counsel Appellant Denise Souza Counsel Appellant Jennifer Fok Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

HKSAR Respondent Hui Shuk Yee Cherry Appellant

Summary

Appeal by barrister Hui Shuk Yee Cherry against a wasted costs order of HK$200 per party imposed by District Court Judge E Yip for being late for court during the trial of DCCC 915/2022. The Court of Appeal (Macrae VP, Zervos and M Poon JJA) considered whether the wasted costs order was properly made and proportionate to the circumstances.

Statutes Cited

Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance
s 19(2)

Cases Cited (5)

HK (5)
(2004) 7 HKCFAR 492 (2017) 20 HKCFAR 333 [2014] 4 HKLRD 27 [2017] 3 HKLRD 1 [2019] 5 HKLRD 574

Judgment

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Read on HKLII

Source: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 647)