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Assessment and basis of costs
  • 26 Sept 2024

    CHAN PAK WING 及另一人 對 CHU HSIAO LAN

    Citation
    [2024] HKDC 1326
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ6400/2019

    The court found the Part 22 offer of 7 July 2023 was validly served by post, related to the whole claim, and the defendant gave no reasonable basis to treat making the mandatory r24 orders as unjust; accordingly Order 22 r24 applied. The court varied the earlier damages assessment order to award interest on general damages at 2% to 4 August 2023 and thereafter at the court judgment rate, ordered that costs be party-and-party to 4 August 2023 and on a full compensation (indemnity) basis from 5 August 2023 to the judgment date, with interest on those indemnity costs from 5 August 2023 to the ju…