Ln, By His Next Friend a, Lm v. Lk, The Executor To the Estate of Lc, Deceased
Read the full judgment text of FCMP 234/2022 on BabelCite. This FCMP judgment was delivered on 21 May 2024.
1. On 28 March 2024, this court handed down a Judgment allowing the Applicant (“A”)’s appeal against Master’s Decision on his interim maintenance (“IM”) application. In the Judgment, it was ordered, inter alia, that the Respondent (“R”) shall pay HK$7,200 per month as IM to A. Costs was also ordered against R to be summarily assessed, of which I now do.
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FCMP 234/2022 [2024] HKFC 105 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS NO. 234 OF 2022 ------------------------
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----------------------- D E C I S I O N ------------------------ 1.On 28 March 2024, this court handed down a Judgment allowing the Applicant (“A”)’s appeal against Master’s Decision on his interim maintenance (“IM”) application. In the Judgment, it was ordered, inter alia, that the Respondent (“R”) shall pay HK$7,200 per month as IM to A. Costs was also ordered against R to be summarily assessed, of which I now do. 2.In his statement of costs, A claims costs in the sum of HK$918,700 (including counsel fees of HK$125,000), but R objects and proposes a sum of HK$193,460. 3.After considering A’s statement of costs and R’s objections, I now summarily assess A’s costs at HK$300,000.
Representation: Messrs. Hugill & Ip, solicitors for the Applicant Messrs. Freda Lim & Co., solicitors for the Respondent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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