Raingate Ltd v. Bee Cheng Hiang (Hong Kong) Ltd

Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 3540/2015 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 28 April 2016.

2. In the statement of costs for the summary assessment, a total sum of $37,436 is stated to be the 2 nd defendant’s costs of the application for leave to appeal before me.

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Case No.DCCJ 3540/2015
Court
District Court
Date28 Apr 2016
Judge
Case Document
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DCCJ 3540/2015

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

CIVIL ACTION NO 3540 OF 2015

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BETWEEN

  RAINGATE LIMITED Plaintiff

and

  BEE CHENG HIANG (HONG KONG) LIMITED
(美珍香(香港)有限公司)
2nd Defendant

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Before: Deputy District Judge Sanjay A Sakhrani in Chambers (open to public)
Date of Hearing: 2 March 2016
2nd Defendant’s Written Statements of Costs: 6 April 2016
Plaintiff’s Written Response to Statement of Costs: 19 April 2016
Date of Ruling on Costs: 28 April 2016

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RULING ON COSTS

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1.This is my ruling on costs.

2.In the statement of costs for the summary assessment, a total sum of $37,436 is stated to be the 2nd defendant’s costs of the application for leave to appeal before me.

3.I allow the following amounts of $516, $3,330, $8,290 and $20,000 respectively for Items B (manual work), C (communications), D (professional work) and E (counsel).

4.I have reduced Item C1 by 1 hour (HK$2,650) and Item D1 by 1 hour (HK$2,650) for reasons of duplication and/or being excessive.

5.On a nisi basis, therefore, I assess the costs payable to the 2nd defendant by the plaintiff, on a party and party basis, in the sum of $32,136.

  (Sanjay A Sakhrani)
Deputy District Judge

Written Submissions by Vivien Chan & Co, for the plaintiff

Written Submissions by William Sin & So, for the 2nd defendant