PENNY'S BAY INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED (Applicant (Appellant in FACV 1/2017 and Respondent in FACV 2-9/2017)) v DIRECTOR OF LANDS (Respondent (Appellant in FACV 2-9/2017 and Respondent in FACV 1/2017))

Read the full judgment text of FACV 1/2017 and FACV 2-9/2017 on BabelCite. This Court of Final Appeal judgment was delivered on 27 December 2017 before Ribeiro PJ, Tang PJ, Fok PJ, Bokhary NPJ, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury NPJ.

Costs – Court of Final Appeal – substantive appeals – costs follow the event – no basis for departure – applications for leave to appeal to Appeal Committee – costs follow the relevant event – unsuccessful portions absorbed in overall costs – Court of Appeal costs – variation of no order as to costs – Director substantially successful overall – PBIC to pay 50% of Director's costs in Court of Appeal – ancillary matters included – costs of costs submissions also ordered.

Legal issues: Costs of the substantive appeals to the CFA · Costs of the applications for leave to appeal to the Appeal Committee · Costs before the Court of Appeal

Outcome: PBIC ordered to pay the Director's costs of both substantive appeals to the CFA, costs of the applications for leave to appeal before the Appeal Committee, and 50% of the Director's costs in the Court of Appeal (including ancillary matters).

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