Integrated Capital (Asia) Ltd v. Chan Ting

Read the full judgment text of HCA 1778/2022 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 31 December 2024.

1. I refer to my Decision handed down on 12 November 2024. I refer to the costs order nisi I made at §33. The costs order nisi has since become absolute.

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Case No.HCA 1778/2022[2024] HKCFI 3714
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High Court CFI
Date31 Dec 2024
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HCA 1778/2022

[2024] HKCFI 3714

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

ACTION NO 1778 OF 2022

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BETWEEN

INTEGRATED CAPITAL (ASIA) LIMITED Plaintiff
and
CHAN TING Defendant

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Before:  Hon K Yeung J in Chambers
Date of Statement of Costs and Reply by the Defendant: 29 November and
20 December 2024
Date of Statement of Objections by the Plaintiff: 13 December 2024
Date of Decision on Costs: 31 December 2024

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DECISION ON COSTS

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1.I refer to my Decision handed down on 12 November 2024. I refer to the costs order nisi I made at §33. The costs order nisi has since become absolute.

2.I have considered D’s Statement of Costs of 29 November 2024, P’s Statement of Objections of 13 December 2024, and D’s Reply of 20 December 2024.

3.I have considered the nature of the appeal.  I am of the view that Item B1 (“Attendance on client” by 2 fee earners of 8 and 15 hours)  and part of Item B3 (“Attendance on counsel” of 8 hours by NL)  are excessive.  For B1, I allow in total only $47,200 (half of the claimed amount).  For B3, I allow half of NL’s total fees only.

4.I am of the view that Item C2 (“Perusal of Documents” by 2 fee earners of 6 and 8 hours)  is excessive.  I allow only half of the claimed amount.

5.The other items are in my view reasonable.

6.On a broad brush approach, I summarily assess the costs which P has to bear at $600,000.

(Keith Yeung)
Judge of the Court of First Instance
High Court

Statement of Objections by Ince & Co, for the Plaintiff

Statement of Costs and Reply by Gallant, for the Defendant

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