Dingway Investment Ltd (Provisional Liquidators Appointed) v. China City Construction & Development Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd and Others

HCA 309/2022

[2022] HKCFI 1783

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

ACTION NO 309 OF 2022

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BETWEEN

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Before: Deputy High Court Judge Paul Lam SC in Chambers

Date of Hearing: 29 April 2022

Date of the 6th Defendant's Submission: 20 May 2022

Date of the 7th Defendant's Submission: 20 May 2022

Date of the 1st Defendant's Submission: 30 May 2022

Date of the Plaintiff's Submission: 7 June 2022 and 9 June 2022

Date of Decision on Costs: 17 June 2022

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DECISION ON COSTS

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1.In §21 of my Decision dated 6 May 2022, I ordered that P’s application be dismissed with costs to D1, D6 & D7 to be summarily assessed.

	Amount claimed (HK$)	P’s offer (HK$)
D1	367,308.00	164,423
D6	314,014.00	177,600
D7	333,155.00	190,800

2.Pursuant to my directions, D1, D6 & D7 have filed their respective statement of costs, and P has submitted its lists of objections thereto. The parties’ stance may be summarized as follows:

3.Having considered the said documents submitted by the parties and bearing in mind that the court shall adopt a broad brush approach in a summary assessment on costs, I assess the sums to be paid by P summarily as follows:

(a) to D1: HK$270,000;

(b) to D6: HK$220,000;

(c) to D7: HK$240,000.

Tanner De Witt, Solicitors for the Plaintiff

Jun He Law Offices, Solicitors for the 1st Defendant

Tung, Ng, Tse & Lam, Solicitors for the 6th Defendant

Adrian Yeung & Cheng, Solicitors for the 7th Defendant