AWARDING COSTS
Explanation By Chief Justice (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 7. Reference to the provisions in the Crimes Act whereby a person charged with a crime and acquitted, might be awarded costs against the prosecution, was made by the Chief Justice (Sir Harold Barrowclough) at the opening of the Supreme Court sessions today. On the bench with his Honour were Mr Justice McGregor, Mr Justice Haslam, and Mr Justice Leicester. His Honour said recent newspaper references to the section might have created the erroneous impression that anyone acquitted might expect a payment. “This is not an occasion on which I can lay down any rule as to when costs may or may not be allowed against the prosecutor, for each case must be decided on its merits,” he said. “But judges think it proper to point out that this section follows in all material respects, an act passed in England in 1952. “Counsel applying for costs on behalf of persons acquitted must show that the case falls within the principles laid dowm in the English act,” said his Honour.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30125, 8 May 1963, Page 22
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180AWARDING COSTS Press, Volume CII, Issue 30125, 8 May 1963, Page 22
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