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

Read the full judgment text of FACV 1/2017 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 – appeal – costs follow the event – substantial success – variation of Court of Appeal costs order – leave to appeal costs – Penny’s Bay Investment Co Ltd v Director of Lands – compensation for marine rights – valuation – appeal dismissed and appeal allowed – PBIC ordered to pay costs of both appeals, leave applications, and 50% of Court of Appeal costs.

Legal issues: Costs order after substantial success on appeal

Outcome: Costs order nisi made absolute; PBIC ordered to pay costs of both appeals, costs of leave applications, and 50% of the Director's costs in the Court of Appeal.

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