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1. On 15 May 2018, judgment was handed down dismissing the appeal brought by Designing Hong Kong Limited (DHKL). The respondent in the appeal was the Town Planning Board (the TPB); the Secretary for Justice was the intervener in the proceedings. Notwithstanding that the appeal was dismissed, the Court made an order nisi that there be no order as to costs on the basis that important matters of principle had been considered in the appeal regarding protective costs orders (PCOs).