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The District Court refused a post-acquittal costs application by the 1st Defendant, holding that his conduct during investigation gave positive reasons to deny costs.
The court dismissed the defendant’s objections to a costs assessment and made the costs order nisi absolute, awarding HK$70,000 and apportioning it between the two plaintiffs.
The Court of First Instance made absolute a costs order nisi after dismissing the defendant’s summons, assessing HK$70,000 costs payable by the defendant with apportionment and set-off.
The court ordered each party to bear its own costs of a discovery summons, finding no fair basis to apportion costs after withdrawn, narrowed and contested requests.
The court dismissed an intervenor’s stay application and the plaintiffs’ bid to vary a costs order, while granting only a conditional interim stay pending a Court of Appeal application.
Decision on costs after a 6-day trial in a mortgage enforcement and counterclaim case. The court ordered indemnity costs for BFL, but refused the Official Solicitor’s costs claim.
The Court of Appeal ordered HK$500,000 security for costs for an appeal from a bankruptcy order, finding the appellant bankrupt, resident in the UK, and not strongly arguable.
The court imposed interim confidentiality conditions on KPMG documents sought in specific discovery and ordered the plaintiffs to pay the defendant HK$300,000 in summary-assessed costs.
The Court ordered Clustertech Limited to pay the Plaintiff’s costs of the summons and granted a certificate for two counsel.
The court held the plaintiff was entitled to costs on a Small Claims scale and awarded the defendant 40% of the costs of its summons after settlement.
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