Wide Link Ltd. v. Tam Sing Cheong and Others
Read the full judgment text of HCMP 1102/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 March 2000.
1. The matter in dispute on appeal amounts to more than a million dollars and appeal to the Court of Final Appeal is as of right . We therefore grant leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal . However, we would impose the condition that the appellant shall enter into security , for the due prosecution of the appeal and costs to the sum of $400,000 for all three defendants. We do not think the estimated costs as proposed by the respondents in the sum of $1.2 million is a realistic estimate. W
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CACV000151A/1999 CACV 151/99 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF APPEAL CIVIL APPEAL NO. 151 OF 1999 (ON APPEAL FROM HCMP 1102/1998) _________________________________
________________________________ Coram: Hon Leong, Rogers and Ribeiro JJA in Court Date of Hearing: 8 March 2000 Date of Judgment: 8 March 2000 ______________________ D E T E R M I N A T I O N ______________________ Hon Leong JA (giving the determination of the Court): 1. The matter in dispute on appeal amounts to more than a million dollars and appeal to the Court of Final Appeal is as of right. We therefore grant leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal. However, we would impose the condition that the appellant shall enter into security, for the due prosecution of the appeal and costs to the sum of $400,000 for all three defendants. We do not think the estimated costs as proposed by the respondents in the sum of $1.2 million is a realistic estimate. We therefore grant leave accordingly on that condition. The costs of this application shall be costs in the Court of Final Appeal.
Representation: Mr Kenneth Ng, instructed by Messrs Baker & McKenzie for the plaintiff Mr Selwyn So, instructed by Messrs Karbhari & Cham for the defendants |
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