Read the full judgment text of HCCT 64/2020 on BabelCite. This 高等法院原訟法庭 judgment was delivered on 13 July 2022 before Hon Mimmie Chan J in Chambers.
Construction and arbitration proceedings — Costs orders variation — Applications for summary assessment and immediate payment of costs relating to expert evidence, discovery, strike out and adjournment applications — Court agrees to exclude expert report preparation and attendance costs from immediate payment and to allow summary assessment with certificates for counsel of costs for Supplemental List Strike Out and Specific Discovery Applications — Refusal to order summary assessment or immediate payment of costs for Adjournment Application due to complexity and need for detailed taxation by taxing master after trial — Timetable for Statements of Costs and Objections allowed — No costs awarded for summonses seeking variation of costs orders.
Outcome: The court varied the costs orders to exclude expert report preparation and attendance costs from immediate payment orders and allowed summary assessment and immediate payment of costs for the Supplemental List Strike Out and Specific Discovery Applications. The court refused to vary the costs order on the Adjournment Application to summary assessment or immediate payment, leaving detailed taxation to be conducted in due course. The timetable for filing Statements of Costs and Objections was allowed. No costs were awarded for the variation summonses.
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