Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Amendment of order

Legal area

Court

10 Jul 2020

NPYJ v. SMRC

Citation

[2020] HKFC 136
Court

Family Court
Case number

FCMC9098/2018

The court allowed slip-rule amendments limited to correcting typographical errors (spelling of proposed experts), substituting Affirmations/Affidavits, inserting the full carpark address and amending costs wording to reflect the courts manifest intention, but refused substantive additions or new obligations (bank statements, cancellation/publication/apology, compliance orders) and dismissed the Respondents application to vary costs orders because those orders were perfected or reserved and the Respondents grounds did not fall within the narrow permissible categories to revisit sealed order…
13 Aug 2015

LAI HOI PING ( 黎海平) ( suing on his own behalf and on the behalf of all other members of Hong Kong Taxi Association 香港計程車會) TAM CHUN HUNG ( 譚駿雄) ( suing on his own behalf and on LAI HOI PING AND ANOTHER v. PERSONS OCCUPYING PORTIONS OF NATHAN ROAD NEAR TO AND BETWEEN ARGYLE STREET AND DUNDAS STREET TO PREVENT OR OBSTRUCT NORMAL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM PASSING AND REPASSING THE OCCUPIED AREAS AND OTHERS

Citation

LAI HOI PING ( 黎海平) ( suing on his own behalf and on the behalf of all other members of Hong Kong Taxi Association 香港計程車會) TAM CHUN HUNG ( 譚駿雄) ( suing on his own behalf and on LAI HOI PING AND ANOTHER v. PERSONS OCCUPYING PORTIONS OF NATHAN ROAD NEAR TO AND BETWEEN ARGYLE STREET AND DUNDAS STREET TO PREVENT OR OBSTRUCT NORMAL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM PASSING AND REPASSING THE OCCUPIED AREAS AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2104/2014

The court exercised its discretion to vary the costs nisi: although the costs of and occasioned by the amendment remain to the 2nd and 3rd defendants, there shall be no order as to costs of the hearing because the defendants' opposition was reasonable in light of plaintiffs' initial ex parte conduct and bona fide jurisdictional points; accordingly the previous allocation of hearing costs to the plaintiffs was varied and the defendants were awarded costs of the variation applications (taxed if not agreed) with certificate for two counsel; 2nd and 3rd defendants' own costs to be taxed in accord…
31 Jan 2000

QUE JOCELYN CO. t/a SCENTED DELIGHTS v. BROADAIR EXPRESS LTD.

Citation

QUE JOCELYN CO. t/a SCENTED DELIGHTS v. BROADAIR EXPRESS LTD.
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA3477/1996

The statutory demand does not compel payment of interest accruing after the date of the demand; however the defendant is entitled to interest as of right under the judgment for costs. Interest on the taxed costs runs from the date of the judgment (29 April 1997) and is recoverable up to the date of payment into court (12 August 1999). Finley is personally liable for the costs and the interest to the extent of his original liability; the court amended its order accordingly and allocated costs of the appeal and bankruptcy as set out in the decision.

Hong Kong Case Law

NPYJ v. SMRC

QUE JOCELYN CO. t/a SCENTED DELIGHTS v. BROADAIR EXPRESS LTD.