A prosecutor who uses the s 5AE stated case procedure in substance as an appeal from the trial judge's decision, rather than to seek genuine clarification of pure questions of law, may be ordered to pay the respondent's costs where the prosecutor is generally unsuccessful and the respondent had no practical alternative but to engage with the proceedings.
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