Read the full judgment text of HCMP 2285/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 April 2023 before Hon Au-Yeung J.
Civil procedure – Costs Summons – Stay of execution – Order 45, rule 11 – Indemnity basis – Variation of costs order – Summary assessment – Legal Practitioners Ordinance – Taxation of bills – Payment Terms – Whether costs order nisi should be varied – No; costs order made absolute – Whether stay of execution granted under Order 45, rule 11 – No; jurisdiction not established – Costs of summonses – Plaintiff ordered to pay on indemnity basis – Summarily assessed at HK$120,000
Legal issues: Variation of costs order · Stay of execution under Order 45, rule 11 · Costs of the summonses
Outcome: Costs Summons dismissed; Costs order made absolute. Stay Summons dismissed. Plaintiff ordered to pay Defendant's costs of summonses on indemnity basis.
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