Read the full judgment text of HCMP 2285/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 4 November 2022 before Au-Yeung J.
Solicitor-client costs – Taxation of bills – Retainer terms – Interim versus final bills – Negligence claim – Stay of proceedings – Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap 159) s.67 – Whether unsigned retainer binding by conduct – Whether bills interim or final – Special circumstances for taxation after 12 months – Stay of taxation pending negligence counterclaim – Costs – Plaintiff appeared in person – Defendant represented by Norton Rose Fulbright – Order to tax granted subject to terms – Costs awarded to Defendant
Legal issues: Terms of Retainer · Interim versus Final Bills · Order to Tax · Stay of OS
Outcome: Order to tax granted for Bills 1-7 and 9 subject to terms; No order to tax for Bill 8; Stay of Stage 2 taxation pending Writ Action disposal; Costs awarded to CRB.
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