Read the full judgment text of CAMP 92/2019 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 9 July 2019 before Hon Lam VP and Poon JA.
Civil procedure – costs – Financial Dispute Resolution hearing – unreasonable conduct – leave to appeal – Practice Direction 15.11 paragraph 13 – Order 59 Rule 2A(8) – Whether judge has power to award costs at FDR – Yes, judge has general power to award costs as appropriate having regard to all circumstances – Whether appeal has merit – No, grounds do not contest unreasonable conduct finding – Leave to appeal refused – Respondent to pay costs on indemnity basis provisionally fixed at $54,455
Legal issues: Power to award costs at FDR · Merit of intended appeal
Outcome: Leave to appeal refused; summons dismissed.
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