Heraeus Ltd v. Chan Yun Mui and Another

Read the full judgment text of CACV 169/2022 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 10 February 2023.

1. Having considered the statements of costs lodged by the plaintiff in the two appeals and the lists of objections lodged by the 1 st and 2 nd defendants respectively, we summarily assess the costs awarded to the plaintiff on an indemnity basis as follows: (i) in CACV 169/2022, the sum of $417,817; (ii) in CACV 170/2022, the sum of $375,726.

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Case No.CACV 169/2022[2023] HKCA 171
Court
Court of Appeal
Date10 Feb 2023
Judge
Case Document
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CACV 169/2022 & CACV 170/2022
(Heard together)

[2023] HKCA 171

CACV 169/2022

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO 169 OF 2022

(ON AN APPEAL FROM HCA NO 878 OF 2011)

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BETWEEN

  HERAEUS LIMITED Plaintiff
  (賀利氏有限公司) (Respondent)
  and  
  CHAN YUN MUI (陳潤梅) 1st Defendant
  CHU KENG MING (朱鏡明) 2nd Defendant

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CACV 170/2022

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO 170 OF 2022

(ON AN APPEAL FROM HCA NO 878 OF 2011)

____________

BETWEEN

  HERAEUS LIMITED Plaintiff
  (賀利氏有限公司) (Respondent)
  and  
  CHAN YUN MUI (陳潤梅) 1st Defendant
  CHU KENG MING (朱鏡明) 2nd Defendant

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(Heard together)

Before: Hon Chu VP, Cheung and G Lam JJA in Court
Date of Decision on Summary Assessment of Costs: 10 February 2023

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DECISION ON SUMMARY
ASSESSMENT OF COSTS

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Hon G Lam JA (giving the Decision on Summary Assessment of Costs of the Court):

1.Having considered the statements of costs lodged by the plaintiff in the two appeals and the lists of objections lodged by the 1st and 2nd defendants respectively, we summarily assess the costs awarded to the plaintiff on an indemnity basis as follows: (i) in CACV 169/2022, the sum of $417,817; (ii) in CACV 170/2022, the sum of $375,726.

(Carlye Chu)
Vice-President
(Peter Cheung)
Justice of Appeal
(Godfrey Lam)
Justice of Appeal

Messrs. Rowdget W Young & Co., for the 1st and 2nd Defendants (Appellants) in CACV 169/2022 and CACV 170/2022

Messrs. Lam, Lee & Lai, for the Plaintiff (Respondent) in CACV 169/2022 and CACV 170/2022

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