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Calderbank/sanctioned offers
  • 9 Apr 2021

    KWOK CHUN SING v. KWOK SIU MAN VIOLA

    Citation
    [2021] HKCFI 860
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2492/2017

    The Court found Diana (as Administratrix) entitled to costs of the Money Claim and that her early sanctioned offer (11 March 2014) was genuine and therefore attracted Order 22 consequences; Yee was ordered to pay Diana's costs of the Money Claim on indemnity basis from 9 April 2014 to 4 January 2015 and 50% of costs from 5 January 2015 onward; Sing was liable for 50% of Diana's costs from 5 January 2015 but only on party-and-party basis because Diana's later sanctioned offer linking withdrawal of property claim to settlement was tactical and not a genuine offer under Order 22; D&V's late sanc…