Ma Mui Chi Omei v. Ho Ka Fai
Read the full judgment text of HCA 1363/2021 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 June 2024.
1. For reasons set out in my Decision handed down on 24 May 2024 [1] , I dismissed D’s Setting Aside Summons. I made a costs order nisi , since absolute, that D shall bear the costs of the Setting Aside Summons, with certificate for one counsel, to be summarily assessed.
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HCA 1363/2021 [2024] HKCFI 1714 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE ACTION NO 1363 OF 2021 ______________
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____________________ DECISION ON COSTS ____________________ 1.For reasons set out in my Decision handed down on 24 May 2024[1], I dismissed D’s Setting Aside Summons. I made a costs order nisi, since absolute, that D shall bear the costs of the Setting Aside Summons, with certificate for one counsel, to be summarily assessed. 2.P has for summary assessment lodged her Statement of Costs dated 3 June 2024. On 6 June 2024, D filed his Notice to Act in Person. No statement of objections has been filed. 3.By the Statement of Costs, P seeks costs in the total sum of HK$295,500. 4.I have considered the Statement of Costs. The application is not complicated. In respect of Professional Work, Item D2, which claims 14 hours of perusal of papers for HK$81,200, is excessive. I allow only HK$40,600. Brief of HK$132,000 is also too high. I allow only HK$80,000. 5.Adopting a broad-brush approach, I summarily assess the costs at HK$200,000. 6.I make no further costs order in respect of this exercise.
Statement of Costs by C P Cheung & Co, for the Plaintiff The Defendant in person and made no submission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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