Read the full judgment text of HCCT 37/2010 on BabelCite. This 高等法院原訟法庭 judgment was delivered on 4 June 2012 before Deputy High Court Judge Stone.
Costs order variation — Construction dispute — Plaintiff awarded sum and costs subject to order nisi — Plaintiff seeking to vary costs order to recover all costs — Defendant opposing — Court exercising discretion under RHC Order 62, rule 3(2) — Expert evidence on programming not costed; quantity surveying quantum evidence partly accepted from defendant's expert — Plaintiff's expert evidence unhelpful to court — Court finds no error in costs order nisi — Costs follow event except for specific exceptions — Plaintiff's application to vary costs dismissed — Costs of application to be paid by plaintiff to defendant, taxed if not agreed.
Legal issues: Costs order variation
Outcome: Plaintiff's application to vary the costs order nisi dismissed
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