Criminal Appeal Act 1968

24 Award of costs to successful appellant

(1) The Court of Appeal may, when they allow an appeal against conviction or against a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity or against a finding of disability, make an order for costs in favour of the appellant.

(2) An order for costs under this section is for the payment out of local funds of such sums as appear to the Court of Appeal reasonably sufficient to compensate the appellant for any expenses properly incurred by him in the case, that is to say—

(a) in the prosecution of his appeal, including any proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto ; or

(b) in carrying on his defence at assizes or quarter sessions, or before the examining justices who committed him for trial;

and the reference above to the appellant's defence at assizes or quarter sessions includes a reference to his defence before any court of assize or quarter sessions before which proceedings for the offence for which he was committed were begun but not concluded.