Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000945/2007 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 11 July 2008.
1. This is an appeal by Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd against a Deputy Magistrate’s decision to reject the appellant’s application for costs under section 3 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Ordinance, Cap. 492. The appellant was summoned before the magistracy for breach of section 72B(1)(b) and section 63A of the Employment Ordinance, Cap. 57. It was alleged that the appellant terminated the employment of one Mr Chan who appeared as PW1 at the trial, by reason of the fact that he had given in