Read the full judgment text of CAMP 114/2020 and CAMP 177/2020 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 14 January 2021 before Lam VP, Chu JA.
Civil procedure – leave to appeal – costs – taxation – strike out – Order 59 Rules of the High Court – Practice Direction 4.1 – totally without merit – The applicant sought to challenge costs orders and taxation proceedings arising from earlier judicial review. Chow J dismissed her applications to strike out the bill of costs and set aside the costs order. The applicant then applied to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal and for various relief. The Court of Appeal held that the summons in CAMP 114/2020 was bad and unmeritorious because the applicant had exhausted avenues of appeal and had not applied to the lower court. The application for leave to appeal in CAMP 177/2020 had no prospect of success because the taxation was commenced within time or extension was appropriate. All supplementary notices and summonses filed without leave were dismissed and expunged. Costs orders made against the applicant. The applications were declared totally without merit, barring oral hearing reconsideration.
Legal issues: Application in CAMP 114/2020 for various relief · Leave to appeal in CAMP 177/2020 against Chow J's judgment
Outcome: Summons in CAMP 114/2020 dismissed with costs; Summons in CAMP 177/2020 dismissed with costs; all supplementary notices of appeal and summonses filed without leave dismissed and expunged from the court files.
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