Read the full judgment text of HCAL 285/2021 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 August 2024.
1. The Applicant (“D1”) was charged with two offences, of which he was acquitted after trial before HHJ Ernest Lin (“Judge”). The acquittal was explained by the Judge in his Reasons for Verdict. The Respondent (“Prosecution”) appealed against the acquittal (“Appeal”) by way of case stated to the Court of Appeal, which dismissed the Appeal. However, despite the acquittal, the Judge declined to award costs in favour of D1, on the broad basis that D1 had brought suspicion on himself by his conduct
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