Read the full judgment text of CACC 000442/1991 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 27 May 1993 before Hon Yang CJ, Hon Macdougall JA, Hon Kaplan J.
1. This application is confined within a very narrow compass. The question which we are called upon to decide is whether or not the Court has the power to award costs in favour of the Respondent in an appeal by way of case stated, where the trial judge was held to commit a number of errors in law. The Crown does not dispute the Respondent's entitlement to costs should there exist a power to grant them. It is, however, submitted on behalf of the Crown that the Court of Appeal has neither inherent
Legal issues: Power to award costs in criminal appeals by way of case stated
Outcome: Application for costs refused.