Read the full judgment text of HCA 823/2023 & HCCT 51/2023 on BabelCite. This 高等法院原訟法庭 judgment was delivered on 2 May 2024 before Anthony Chan J.
Costs — Injunction summonses — Withdrawal summonses — Whether costs should be on indemnity basis — Whether costs should be taxed and paid forthwith — Plaintiff attempted to protect its exclusive distributorship rights by issuing injunction summonses shortly after defendants proceeded with new distributorship plans in May 2023 — Withdrawal summonses filed in February 2024 — Defendants argued delay in withdrawing summonses warranted indemnity costs and immediate taxation and payment — Court held no good reason to grant indemnity costs owing to plaintiff’s reasonable conduct and timing — Costs related to discrete summonses and therefore should be taxed and paid forthwith — Costs ordered to be paid by plaintiff to defendants, taxed on party-party basis if not agreed, and paid immediately.
Legal issues: 是否就撤回禁制令申請的訴訟費用應授予全額賠償基礎 · 訴訟費用是否應立即稅定及支付
Outcome: 原告支付禁制令申請及撤回申請的費用予被告，按黨派與黨派基礎計算，如未議定則稅定及即時支付。
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