19 Apr 2002
HO LAI CHUEN CADIA v. XEROX (HONG KONG) LTD.
- Citation
- HO LAI CHUEN CADIA v. XEROX (HONG KONG) LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA6454/1997
The court held that although the plaintiff beat the payments in and the de minimis rule did not apply because the difference was substantial, the plaintiff had produced weak evidence for the service and maintenance claims and both parties had pursued higher/lower figures; balancing these factors and exercising judicial discretion, the order nisi on costs was varied so the Defendant pays the Plaintiff's costs up to 2 April 1998 in full and 85% of costs incurred thereafter, interest on the US dollar judgment is to be calculated by reference to US dollar rates, and no order as to costs of the pr…