The Bar Council v. Sio Chan in, Devin
Read the full judgment text of CAMP 50/2023 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 October 2024.
1. On 4 October 2024, we handed down our decision on costs dismissing the appellant’s summons to vary the costs order nisi against him to party and party basis. We made a summary assessment of the Bar Council’s costs on indemnity basis. As costs of the application to vary the costs order nisi have not been included in the statement of costs lodged by the Bar Council, we made an order nisi that costs of the application to vary should follow the event and will be assessed summarily if there is no
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CAMP 50/2023 [2024] HKCA 1001 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF APPEAL MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS NO 50 OF 2023 (ON AN INTENDED APPEAL FROM THE DECISION AND ORDERS ________________________
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________________________ DECISION ON COSTS ________________________ Hon Kwan VP (giving the Decision on Costs of the Court): 1.On 4 October 2024, we handed down our decision on costs dismissing the appellant’s summons to vary the costs order nisi against him to party and party basis. We made a summary assessment of the Bar Council’s costs on indemnity basis. As costs of the application to vary the costs order nisi have not been included in the statement of costs lodged by the Bar Council, we made an order nisi that costs of the application to vary should follow the event and will be assessed summarily if there is no agreement on the amount by 18 October 2024. 2.The parties have not been able to reach agreement on the amount. 3.Having considered the statement of costs of the Bar Council dated 15 October 2024, we assess the costs to be paid by the appellant at $45,000.
Yu Sun Yau Mak & Lawyers, for the Respondent (Appellant) Keith Lam, Lau & Chan, for the Applicant (Respondent) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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