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Jimmy Lai Case|The Department of Justice has to pay 854,000 in legal costs for Tim Owen's loss in the Court of Appeal

2022-12-21T04:23:24.162Z


Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Media, wants to hire Timothy Wynn Owen (also known as Tim Owen), Queen's Counsel, to represent him in a case involving violations of the National Security Law, and has applied to the High Court for approval. Attorney General appeals decision


Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Media, wants to hire Timothy Wynn Owen (also known as Tim Owen), Queen's Counsel, to represent him in a case involving violations of the National Security Law, and has applied to the High Court for approval.

The Department of Justice appealed against the decision, but was rejected by the Court of Appeal, and the subsequent application for a certificate of appeal to the Court of Final Appeal was also rejected.

The Court of Appeal has earlier ordered the Department of Justice to pay the winning party's legal costs. The Court of Appeal issued a judgment on the costs today (21st), ordering the Department of Justice to pay 854,000 to Tim Owen for the two applications in the Court of Appeal. Multiple legal costs.


The High Court approved Tim Owen as his lawyer in the trial of Li Zhiying in October this year. The Department of Justice appealed this. The Court of Appeal rejected his appeal on November 9, and then refused to approve the appeal to the Department of Justice on November 21. to leave of the Court of Final Appeal.

Li Zhiying hired British Queen's Counsel Tim Owen to the Hong Kong government to request the interpretation of the law.

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After the judge of the Court of Appeal ruled that the Department of Justice had failed the two applications, he ordered the Department of Justice to pay legal costs to Tim Owen's side.

The judge of the Court of Appeal made a judgment on the costs today, saying that the case is not an exception, and only Tim Owen can obtain the costs of employing two of the barristers.

After calculating the amount, it was ruled that the Department of Justice had to pay more than 511,000 yuan in legal costs for the appeal application; the winning party had to pay more than 343,000 yuan in legal costs for the application for permission from the Court of Appeal to the Final Court, or a total of more than 854,000 yuan.

The Attorney General applied for leave to appeal directly to the Final Court after failing to obtain a final certificate of appeal after the Court of Appeal failed the appeal, but his application was also rejected.

Chief Executive Li Jiachao immediately announced that he would submit the National Security Law to the National People's Congress for interpretation, but in the meeting held by the National People's Congress at the end of the month, the interpretation of the law was not included in the meeting's agenda.

However, Li Zhiying's original trial has been postponed to September 25, 2023 due to the sudden incident of the National People's Congress's interpretation of the law.

Case number: CACV425/2022

The Li Zhiying case︱Lee Hsien-lun wrote an article questioning the interpretation of the law and seeking judicial changes: Worried about the rule of law in the past, the Li Zhiying case will not be interpreted?

Tan Yaozong is not sure that the National People's Congress will not deal with it at the end of the month: Li Zhiying's case needs to be studied|Tang Jiahua agrees with the National People's Congress's interpretation: but "how to kill a chicken with a bull's knife" can local amendments to the Li Zhiying case be interpreted?

Asked whether the National People's Congress has responded to Li Jiachao: I believe the court will deal with the Lai Jimmy Ying case, causing disputes over interpretation of the law. The most healthy interpretation of Jimmy Lai's case|Sent to the mainland for trial is purely hypothetical Tam Yaozong: The Jimmy Lai case will only be done under special circumstances︱Tang Jiahua: In fact, local amendments can be followed, hoping that the interpretation of the law will not be retrospective and will not damage the prestige of the Final Court

Source: hk1

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