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Appellate costs allocation
  • 27 Dec 2017

    DIRECTOR OF LANDS v. PENNY’S BAY INVESTMENT CO LTD

    Citation
    DIRECTOR OF LANDS v. PENNY’S BAY INVESTMENT CO LTD
    Court
    Court of Final Appeal
    Case number
    FACV4/2017

    The Court applied the ordinary rule that costs follow the event: it made absolute the order nisi that PBIC pay the Director's costs of the substantive appeals to the Court of Final Appeal, ordered PBIC to pay the Director's costs of the relevant applications for leave to appeal to the Appeal Committee, and varied the Court of Appeal's costs position by ordering PBIC to pay 50% of the Director's costs in the Court of Appeal and related ancillary matters; PBIC must also pay costs of the written submissions on costs.