20 Jul 2010
AMERITAX PLUS LTD v. DENICE Y. FOSTER-HARRIS
- Citation
- AMERITAX PLUS LTD v. DENICE Y. FOSTER-HARRIS
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ3001/2007
On the balance of probabilities the Court accepted the Plaintiff's evidence and contemporaneous emails as proving: (1) an agreed hourly rate of HK$4,000 for income tax work entitling Plaintiff to US$7,500 and US$8,500; (2) an agreement to pay US$64,000 (half of tax savings) for the estate tax strategy; the Defendant failed to prove actual undue influence and the counterclaim was dismissed; judgment entered for Plaintiff for US$7,500 (personal) and US$72,500 (as personal representative) with interest; indemnity costs refused but party-and-party costs awarded.