11 Aug 2022
TONG WAI YEE WINNIE v. SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFI 2484
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL1231/2021
Applying Order 62 r 28A(3) and Cheuk Shu Yin, the court rejected the applicant's unsupported claim of 2,962 hours as implausible, assessed a reasonable solicitor-equivalent time at 205 hours at $200 per hour ($41,000), allowed disbursements for filing/photocopying at $4,000, allowed 6 hours of consultation time with solicitors ($1,200) but disallowed the HKCAAVQ fee as non-legal cost, and ordered total assessed costs of $46,200 payable forthwith by the Secretary/EDB to the Applicant.