{"id":1268,"date":"2025-05-16T23:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2025-07-20T23:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:25:47","slug":"court-of-first-instance-allowed-appeal-against-order-refusing-trial-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/court-of-first-instance-allowed-appeal-against-order-refusing-trial-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u539f\u8a1f\u5ead\u88c1\u5b9a\u4e0d\u670d\u62d2\u7d55\u5be9\u8a0a\u8a1f\u8cbb\u4ee4\u4e0a\u8a34\u5f97\u76f4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_872010959\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-130540088\" class=\"text breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #627A80;\nfont-family: Merriweather;\nfont-size: 13px;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: 400;\nline-height: 150%; \/* 19.5px *\/\nletter-spacing: 0.39px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_872010959 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_599420665\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-349887460\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1270014711\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2387655761\" class=\"text h3\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Court of First Instance allowed appeal against order refusing trial costs\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3522621209\" class=\"text h5\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>HKSAR v Ching Ming Ho (\u7a0b\u9298\u7693)<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3522621209 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n#text-3522621209 > * {\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4120426445\" class=\"text txt-bold\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>16 May 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_993404307\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ching-Ming-Ho-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ching-Ming-Ho-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ching-Ming-Ho-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ching-Ming-Ho-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ching-Ming-Ho-18x10.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ching-Ming-Ho.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_993404307 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1756181532\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1756181532 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1756181532 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"jAQwDSYmDNjIoBQDTcKaMhRuHVEtkSLEuFIL\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"feed-shared-inline-show-more-text\n        feed-shared-update-v2__description feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--minimal-padding\n        \n        feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--3-lines\n        feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--expanded\n        \n        \n        \" tabindex=\"-1\" data-artdeco-is-focused=\"true\">\n<div class=\"update-components-text relative update-components-update-v2__commentary \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"break-words\n          tvm-parent-container\"><span dir=\"ltr\">Court of First Instance allowed an appeal against an order refusing trial costs by the Appellant who was acquitted of \u201cdangerous driving\u201d and convicted of \u201ccareless driving\u201d on his own plea.<br \/><br \/>The Appellant was involved in a traffic accident at the junction of Wuhu Street and Marsh Street. The Appellant\u2019s case was that he had mistaken the green light for turning left as the green light for turning right and therefore entered the junction early, causing the accident. On this basis, the Appellant pleaded guilty to \u201ccareless driving\u201d but not guilty to \u201cdangerous driving\u201d. The Trial Magistrate found that the evidence was insufficient to find that the Appellant failed to abide by the traffic light intentionally, and the accident was due to his temporary lapse of concentration. As such, the Trial Magistrate acquitted the Appellant of \u201cdangerous driving\u201d. However, the Trial Magistrate refused the Appellant\u2019s costs order as \u201cthe Prosecution\u2019s evidence is strong\u201d and the Appellant had \u201cbrought suspicion on himself\u201d.<br \/><br \/>The Court of First Instance found that, upon considering all the evidence at trial by way of rehearing, the Appellant had not brought suspicion onto himself in relation to \u201cdangerous driving\u201d. When considering the conduct of an acquitted defendant, the trial court should consider whether suspicion was brought to the \u201cmore serious (acquitted) charge\u201d instead of the \u201cless serious charge (which a guilty plea has already entered into)\u201d: [20]. On rehearing, DHCJ E Lee found that the trial magistrate erred in refusing the costs order and awarded trial costs to the Appellant.<br \/><br \/>Simon So appeared with Jack Hui for the Appellant in the appeal against order refusing trial costs. The full judgment was published on <a href=\"https:\/\/legalref.judiciary.hk\/lrs\/common\/ju\/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=168757&amp;currpage=T\">https:\/\/legalref.judiciary.hk\/lrs\/common\/ju\/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=168757&amp;currpage=T.<\/a>\u00a0 They also represented him at trial which the magistrate found him not guilty of dangerous driving (but only guilty of careless driving on his own plea).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1253965338\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1253965338 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu stack stack-col justify-start ux-menu--divider-solid\">\n\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item menu-button-link\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/news\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tBack to News\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_599420665 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHCJ Edmond Lee allowed an appeal against an order refusing trial costs by the Appellant who was acquitted of \u201cdangerous driving\u201d and convicted of \u201ccareless driving\u201d on his own plea.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1272,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions\/1272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}