Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000271/1987 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. Earlier this morning I dismissed the appellant's appeals against conviction and sentence. The other matter, which follows upon the dismissal of those appeals, is the order which the magistrate made in respect of costs. Counsel for the Crown concedes that in view of-the judgment of Mr Justice Barnes in R. v. Ho Fai and since no opportunity had been given to the appellant to make any submission or representation with regard to the intended order for costs, the magistrate had not exercised his d