Chung Pui Tong v. Qian Zhen

CACV 68 /2020

[2021] HKCA 1916

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO 68 OF 2020

(ON APPEAL FROM HCA NO 2555 OF 2014)

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DECISION ON COSTS

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Hon Kwan VP (giving the Decision on Costs of the Court):

1.On 19 November 2021, we handed down our judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s summons for stay of execution filed on 13 May 2021. We made an order nisi that the plaintiff is to pay the defendant’s costs of the application and gave directions for the defendant’s solicitors to lodge a statement of costs for summary assessment.

2.The defendant’s solicitors lodged a statement of costs on 30 November 2021 for total costs of $173,088.  On 6 December 2021, the plaintiff’s solicitors lodged a four-page document setting out the objections and response to the statement of costs and suggesting that the costs recoverable be reduced to $63,238.

3.There being no application to vary the order nisi, the costs order is made absolute.

4.Having considered the statement of costs and the objections, we assess summarily the costs to be paid by the plaintiff to the defendant at $121,000.

Charles Wong & Co, for the Plaintiff (Appellant)

H Y Leung & Co, LLP, for the Defendant (Respondent)