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The District Court varied a costs order nisi, holding the plaintiff must pay 50% of the 1st respondent’s costs of the application, with certificate for counsel.
The Court of Appeal refused to vary a costs order nisi, holding the plaintiff must pay costs for summonses to adduce new evidence and awarding $70,000 to the intervener.
The District Court allowed an out-of-time joinder application in an employees’ compensation case and set procedural deadlines, mediation and disclosure directions.
Leave to appeal was refused in a Hong Kong High Court interlocutory matter concerning joinder, amendment of pleadings, and an injunction application.
The court dismissed joinder applications in three Norwich Pharmacal proceedings after the underlying action had been settled, holding they had become superfluous.
The Court of Appeal refused a renewed application for leave to appeal against a joinder order in a trademark and passing off action, holding the judge applied the correct test.
The High Court struck out nuisance claims arising from repeated debt-demand letters and messages. The court held the complaints did not concern interference with land use or enjoyment.
Decision on costs varying an order nisi in a Hong Kong civil action, addressing whether Sanderson or Bullock orders were appropriate after joinder of co-defendants.
Court refused to vary a costs order nisi after allowing joinder of the Urban Renewal Authority, holding the plaintiffs’ opposition was unreasonable.
The Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal only on a narrow joinder question about costs liability under s.52A(2)(b) and refused all other grounds.
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