Former Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang lodges appeal against order to pay HK$4.6 million court costs
Tsang and his lawyers argue the bill for legal costs was ‘neither just nor reasonable’
Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has lodged an appeal against a court order for him to pay HK$4.6 million in legal costs, calling it “neither just nor reasonable”.
The appeal was aimed at controversial comments made earlier this month by High Court judge Mr Justice Andrew Chan Hing-wai, who criticised a public relations stunt aimed at impressing jurors during one of the trials.
The judge’s finding – which involved famous individuals sitting in areas reserved for Tsang’s family – was “irrelevant” and “unwarranted”, Tsang’s lawyers argued.
“The findings were made without any evidential basis,” they said in a legal document the Post obtained, stating the grounds of appeal.
The challenge was lodged at the High Court on Tuesday.
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The prosecutors argued Tsang’s attitude had caused delays and since he was found guilty of one of three charges he faced in the first trial in February last year, he should foot the bill for one-third of the HK$14.6 million legal costs.